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No Act or proceeding of the Board or the Executive Council or the Academic Council or any other authority or committee of the Board, shall at any time, be deemed invalid on the ground only that it is not duly constituted or that there is a defect in its constitution or that there is a vacancy in the membership thereof, and the validity of such act or proceedings shall not be questioned in any Court or before any authority merely on any such ground. Meetings of the Board 21.(1) The Board shall, on a date to be fixed by the Chairman of the Board, meet not less than three times in every year, and not more than four months shall ordinarily intervene between two such consecutive meetings. (2) The Chairman of the Board,- (a) if he thinks fit, may, and (b) upon a requisition in writing signed by not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Board, shall, convene a special meeting of the Board, after giving a notice of seven days in the case of clause (a) and on a date not later than 21 days from the date of receipt of the request by the Chairman in the case of clause (b). Power to invite experts and officers at meetings 22.(1) The Board may invite any person who in its opinion is an expert in some field of education or any official of the Government not below the rank of a Deputy Director or equivalent or any person who because of his knowledge or experience in some specific area, may, in the opinion of the Board, rendered valuable assistance in decision making, to attend its meeting or any meeting of its committees, if a subject with which the expert or the officer or such person is concerned with, is likely to come up or comes for discussion or consideration at such meetings. 402 (2) The experts, officers and persons invited under sub-section (1) to the meetings of the Board or its committees shall have no power to vote. The Executive Council 23.(1) The Executive Council shall be the executive authority of the Board and shall consist of the following:- (i) the Chairman of the Board as the ex-officio Chairman, (ii) the Director of School Education, (iii) two members to be nominated by the Chairman of the Board from amongst the ex-officio members referred to in clause (i) of sub- section (1) of section 13, (iv) two members to be nominated by the Chairman of the Board from amongst the nominated members referred to in clause (ii) of sub- section (1) of section 13. (2) The term of office of the nominated members shall be four years. (3) If a member other than an ex-officio member nominated to the Executive Council remains absent without permission of the Council for three consecutive meetings thereof, his office shall be deemed to have been vacated. Duties and functions of the Executive Council