(1) With the exception specified in paragraph (3), absentee voting shall not be permitted in by-elections.

(2) In a by-election, voters who have a domicile or a place of residence in the constituency where they were last recorded on the day of the general or by-election of local government representatives and mayors may be registered in the polling district electoral register only in the constituency concerned.

(3) In a by-election, absentee voting shall be permitted only if the domicile and place of residence of the voter is in the same constituency.