Validation of certain acts and proceedings of statutory bodies

Validation of certain acts and proceedings of statutory bodies.— Notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court, any act or proceeding of any statutory body specified in the Schedule, done or taken during the period commencing on the date of the expiry of the term of the members of such body and ending on the date of the commencement of this Act, shall not be deemed to be invalid or ever to have been invalid merely by reason of the fact that at the time when such act or proceeding was done or taken, the term of the members of such body had expired: Provided that nothing in this section shall render any person liable to any conviction or penalty in respect of any act or omission done or omitted to be done by him if such act or omission would not have been an offence or, as the case may be, would not have been liable to penalty, had this Act not been passed.