Which of the following statements is true?
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Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj for up to two years without a trial.
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As per Rowlatt Act, accused could discuss case with accuser openly.
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Rowlett Act was opposed by Imperial Council.
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It was named after Queen Elizabeth’s advisor: Sir Sidney Rowlatt.
The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt Act, was a legislative act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on March 18, 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915. Passed on the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee and named after its president, British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorised the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj for up to two years without a trial, and gave the imperial authorities power to deal with all revolutionary activities.