Section 9. Proceedings of meetings and validity of acts. 4

9. (1) The proceedings of the discussion of every meeting of the Council,
shall be treated as confidential; and no person shall, without the previous
resolution of the Council, disclose any portion thereof:
Provided that, nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any
person from disclosing or publishing the text or any resolution adopted by
the Council, unless the Council directs such resolution also to be treated as
confidential.
(2) No disqualification of or defect in the election or nomination of any
person as a member, or as the President, or as the Vice-resident, or as a
presiding authority of a meeting, shall of itself be deemed to vitiate any act or
proceedings of the Council in which such person has taken part, whenever
the majority of persons who are parties to such act or proceedings, were
entitled to vote.
(3) During any vacancy in the Council, the continuing members may
act, as if no vacancy had occurred:
Provided that, the number of vacancies shall at any time not exceed five.