Section 160: Summary proceedings for wages

A seaman or cadet or a person duly authorised on his behalf, may as soon as any wages due to him become payable, sue for the same in a summary manner in any court of competent jurisdiction in or near the place at which his service was terminated, or at which he was discharged or at which any person, on whom the claim is made, is or resides, and the order made by the court in the matter shall be final.