Section 10. Proceedings of meetings and validity of acts.

(1) The proceedings of the discussion of every meeting of 1[the Council shall] be treated as confidential and no person shall, without the previous resolution of 2[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 of any resolution adopted by 3[the Council] unless 4[the Council] directs such resolution also to be treated as confidential. (2) No disqualification of or defect in the election, nomination or appointment of any person as a member or as the President or as 5[the Vice-President], or as a presiding authority of a meeting, shall of itself be deemed to vitiate any act or proceedings of 6[the Council] in which such person has taken part, whenever the majority of persons, parties to such act or proceedings, were entitled to vote. (3) During any vacancy in 7[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 six in number.