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( 1 ) The proceedings of every meeting of the 1 [Council] shall be treated as confidential and no person shall, without the previous permission of the 2 [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 passed or considered by the 3 [Council] unless the 4 [Council] directs such resolution 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 4 [or as the Vice-President] or as a presiding authority of a meeting shall of itself be deemed to vitiate any act or proceedings of the 5 [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 the 6 [Council], the continuing members may act as if no vacancy had occurred.