(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall not be less than one-third of the total number of members of the Council.
(2) If at any time in a meeting there is no quorum, the presiding authority shall adjourn it to such time or date as it thinks fit and announce the same at once; and the business scheduled for the meeting shall be carried forward at the subsequent meeting, whether at such meeting there is a quorum or not.
(3) No business, other than the business fixed for the meeting, shall be transacted at such subsequent meetings.
(4) A notice of such adjournment put up at any conspicuous place in the office of the Council or at the place of meeting on the day, on which the meeting is adjourned, shall be deemed to be sufficient notice of the subsequent meeting.
20. Except as otherwise provided by or under this Act, all questions brought before any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in case of a tie the presiding authority of the meeting shall have to exercise a second or casting vote.
21. No act or proceeding of the Council shall be invalidated merely by reason of—
(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in, the constitution of said Council; or
(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of said Council; or
(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Council not affecting the merits of the case.