SECTION 1. Section four hundred and fifty-three of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 453. Preparation of ballot for illiterate or disabled person.—A registered voter under subsection (c) of section four hundred and thirty-one, who made a sworn statement at any of the two meetings of the board of inspectors for registration and revision of the list of voters that he is incapacitated to prepare his ballot due to physical disability, or an illiterate voter registered under subsection (b) of said section four hundred thirty-one may, on election day, choose an elector of his confidence who is not any of those mentioned in sections four hundred and forty-nine and four hundred and fifty to assist him in the preparation of such ballot, accompanied by such watcher, present in the polling place, as he may designate. Voter so chosen shall take an oath to follow the wishes of the elector in the preparation "of his ballot.
"This oath shall be made out in triplicate and one copy shall be sent to the register of deeds, another shall be kept in the ballot box, and the third shall be retained by the poll clerk, who shall forward it to the municipal treasurer, together with the other records of the board, for filing. The person thus chosen shall prepare the ballot for the incapacitated voter in proper form, according to the wishes of the latter, in the presence of the watcher designated and out of view of any other person. The information thus obtained shall be regarded as a privileged communication.