Versions of s. 629(1)

Where it is claimed that any sum is due to any person from the owners of a ship for work done at any place in any province by that person in connection with the stowing or discharging of cargoes on board or from that ship, or the trimming of coal on board that ship, and that ship is at any time found in Canadian waters, the Admiralty Court may, on being shown by any person applying in accordance with rules of court that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the claim against the owners is a good claim, issue an order for the arrest of the ship.