(1) An elector who is entitled to vote at an election shall not, without a valid and sufficient reason, fail to vote at the election.
Maximum penalty: 0.5 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a) an eligible overseas elector; or
(b) an Antarctic elector; or
(c) an elector who is serving a sentence of imprisonment outside the ACT; or
(d) an elector who is enrolled because of the elector's enrolment on the Commonwealth roll as an itinerant elector.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), an elector shall be taken to have a valid and sufficient reason for failing to vote at an election if the elector believes it to be part of the elector's religious duty to abstain from voting.