Minutes of meeting and validity of proceeding

(1) The minutes of every meeting of the Council shall be confidential and no person shall disclose the proceeding of the meeting or its part without the prior resolution of the Council: Provided that any person may disclose or publish those decisions of the Council, for which a resolution has already been passed by the Council and if the publication has not been resolved to be kept strictly confidential by any resolution of the Council. (2) The work done by any person, as a member of the Council or in the capacity of Chairman, Vice-Chairman or presiding officer of any meeting, shall not cease by reason of any defect or disqualification in their election or nomination nor shall the proceedings of those meetings of the Council, which have been presided over by them, be wanted if the decisions of the meeting were taken on the basis of majority of members. (3) When any post of the Council is vacant, the continuing members of the Council shall act as if such vacancy has not occurred. (4) No work done by the Council shall be questioned merely on the ground that there was a vacancy in it or there was any defect in the constitution of the Council. (5) The minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the Council shall be recorded in the book to be kept for this purpose, in which the names of the members of the Council present, the minutes shall be entered and signatures of the presiding officer or in the same or exactly next meeting for confirmation shall be signed. (6) Unless contrary is proved, every meeting of the Council, the minutes of which have been signed according to the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly called.