Versions of s. 194(1)

The person in whose favour an allotment note under this Act is made may, unless the seaman is shown, in the manner specified in this Act, to have forfeited or ceased to be entitled to the wages out of which the allotment is to be paid, recover the sums allotted when they are payable, with costs, from the owner of the ship with respect to which the engagement was made, or from any agent of the owner who has authorized the allotment, in the same court and manner in which wages of seamen not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars may be recovered under this Act.