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The law was enacted in 1978, but the paragraph providing for proxy voting was included in the amendments done in 1998 (data has been updated in December 2020). Voting from abroad is restricted to a set of citizens who continue to have a permanent and continuous residence in Belize.
Source

Belize, Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9, Revised Edition 2000, accessed 22 December 2020

Third Schedule: Representation of the People Election Rules

19.-(1) Not withstanding rule 18 above, a person falling in the categories specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of subrule (2) below shall be eligible, subject to the provisions of this Rule, to vote by proxy.
(2) The categories referred to in subrule (1) above are:
(a) persons employed outside Belize in any Belizean Embassy, High Commission, Diplomatic Mission or Consulate, including their spouses and dependents;
(b) members of the Belize Defence Force; [...]

Note: There is no distinction in the law as to in which elections they can take part, so it would be all kinds of elections.

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