No act of 1[any Institute] or Governing Council or Senate or any other authority, set up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be invalid merely by reason of—
- any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof; or
- any defect in the election, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof; or
- any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.1. Subs. by Act 38 of 2019, s. 27, for "the Institute " (w.e.f. 13-1-2020).