Apply custom master page on a subsite

Hi;
I try to apply a custom master page on a new subsite but without success (any impact) :
My code is :
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
SPWeb newSite = web.Webs.Add(name, name, name, Convert.ToUInt16(1036), template, false, false);
newSite.Navigation.UseShared = true;
newSite.AllProperties["__InheritsCustomMasterUrl"] = "False";
newSite.CustomMasterUrl = curItem["SiteUrl"] + "/_catalogs/masterpage/rep/Generic.master";
newSite.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
newSite.Update();
newSite.Close();
Regards;

hi,
try this
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate
using (SPSite objSPSite = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Web.Url))
using (SPWeb objSPWeb = objSPSite.OpenWeb())
objSPWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
objSPWeb.MasterUrl = curItem["SiteUrl"] + "/_catalogs/masterpage/rep/Generic.master";
objSPWeb.Update();
objSPWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
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