Versions of s. 280(2)
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The authority to whom an application is made for sanction under this section may, and, if not a merchant, shall, examine into the grounds on which a seaman is to be discharged at a place outside Canada, and for that purpose may, if he thinks fit, administer oaths, and may grant or refuse the sanction as he thinks just, but that sanction shall not be unreasonably withheld.