Section 31:
Act and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies.
No act of the Institute or Governing
Council 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 a person acting as a member thereof;
or
(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.