Section 201:
Decision of questions of forfeiture and deduction in suits for wages.
Any question
concerning the forfeiture of or deductions from the wages of a seaman or apprentice may be
determined in any proceeding lawfully instituted with respect to those wages, notwithstanding that the
offence in respect of which the question arises, though by this Act made punishable by imprisonment
as well as forfeiture, has not been made the subject of any criminal proceeding.