93. Manner in which contract is to be recorded.- For the purpose if the record- (a) the master or owner of the ship to whom an apprentice to the as service is bound shall transmit the contract executed in duplicate within seven days of the execution thereof, to the shipping master, who shall record one copy and endorse on the other the fact that it has been recorded and redeliver it to the master or owner; (b) the master or owner shall notify any assignment or cancellation of the contract and the death or desertion of the apprentice to the shipping master, within seven days of the occurrence, if it occurs with India, or, as soon as circumstances permit, if it occurs elsewhere. | 
