No act of the Board or the Academy or any other body set up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be invalid merely by reason of-- (a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof; or (b) any defect in the selection, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof; or (c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.

No act of the Board or the Academy or any other body set up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be invalid merely by reason of-- (a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof; or (b) any defect in the selection, nomination or appointment of a person acting as a member thereof; or (c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.