Versions of s. 212(4)

In any action or other legal proceeding by the master of a ship for the recovery of any sum due to him on account of wages, the court may, if it appears to it that the payment of the sum due has been delayed otherwise than owing to the act or default of the master, or to any reasonable dispute respecting liability, or to any other cause not being the wrongful act or default of the person liable to make the payment, order that person to pay in addition to any sum due on account of wages, such sum as the court thinks just as damages in respect of the delay, without prejudice to any claim that may be made by the master on that account.