Proceedings of the University authorities and bodies not invalidated by vacancies

No act or proceeding of any authority or other body of the university shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy or of any defect or irregularity in the appointment of a member of any authority or other body of the University or of any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding not affecting the merits of the case or on the ground only that the Governing Council did not meet thrice in any year.