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A proceeding for the recovery of wages not exceeding fifty pounds shall not be instituted by or on behalf of any seaman or apprentice to the sea service in any superior court of record in Her Majesty's dominions, nor as an Admiralty proceeding in any court having Admiralty jurisdiction in those dominions, except—
(i)where the owner of the ship is adjudged bankrupt; or
(ii)where the ship is under arrest or is sold by the authority of any such court as aforesaid; or
(iii)where a court of summary jurisdiction acting under the-authority of this Act, refers the claim to any such court; or
(iv)where neither the owner nor the master of the ship is or resides within twenty miles of the place where the seaman or apprentice is discharged or put ashore.
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