31. Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies.- No act of the Institute or Board or Senate 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 election, nomination or appointment of person acting as a member thereof, or (c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case. | 
