9Irregularity, informality, or illegality of election or appointment of member or officer not to render illegal or invalid any act by such

9 Irregularity, informality, or illegality of election or appointment of member or officer not to render illegal or invalid any act by such

9 Irregularity, informality, or illegality of election or appointment of member or officer not to render illegal or invalid any act by such

(1) No irregularity, informality, or illegality in the election or appointment of any member of the governing body or officer of the body corporate or failure by the secretary for the time being to comply with the requirements of section four of this Act shall be taken or construed to render illegal or invalid any act, deed, matter, or thing done or executed or suffered to be done or executed by such member or officer in pursuance of such election or appointment.

(2) Any such election or appointment may, in such way as may be provided for in the rules for the time being, be determined to be good or bad, and if bad the vacancy supplied in such way as may be provided for in such rules.

(3) The provisions of the said rules for the time being, as to the validity of any such election or appointment and the acts, deeds, and things done by any member or officer in pursuance of any such election or appointment, shall have the force and effect of law.