377.—(1) Nothing in the last preceding section shall take away or limit any remedy by action or before a court of summary jurisdiction which an owner or skipper would otherwise have for any breach of contract in respect of the matters constituting an offence under that section, but no owner or skipper shall be compensated more than once in respect of the same damage.

(2) Any question concerning the forfeiture of or deductions from the wages of a seaman or apprentice in the sea-fishing service 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.