Versions of s. 447(1)

Whenever two or more persons claim any wreck or proceeds of a wreck of any value or amount in the possession of a receiver of wrecks, any court sitting and having jurisdiction in civil matters to the value or amount of the wreck or proceeds in question in the district of the receiver may, on the application of the receiver, or of any of those persons, summon such persons before it, and may hear and adjudicate on their claims, and make such order between the parties in respect thereof and of the costs of the proceedings as to the court seems fit.