All shipping masters shall give to persons
desirous of apprenticing 1[young persons not under the age of sixteen years] to sea service or requiring
apprentices not under that age for the sea service such assistance as may be in their power, and may
receive from those persons such fees as the Central Government may fix.
1. Subs. by Act 32 of 2014, s. 4, for "boys not under fifteen years of age" (w.e.f. 1-4-2015).