Versions of s. 187(1)
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Where in the case of a foreign-going ship a question respecting wages is raised before a shipping master between the master or owner of the ship and a seaman or apprentice, and the amount in question does not exceed twenty-five dollars, the shipping master may, on the application of either party, adjudicate, and the decision of the shipping master in the matter is final, but if the shipping master is of opinion that the question is one that ought to be decided by a court of law, he may refuse to decide it.