{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-40503","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 40503","heading":"Refunds and waivers","body":"The Federal Maritime Commission, on application of a carrier or shipper, may permit a common carrier or conference to refund a portion of the freight charges collected from a shipper, or to waive collection of a portion of the charges from a shipper, if—(1) there is an error in a tariff, a failure to publish a new tariff, or an error in quoting a tariff, and the refund or waiver will not result in discrimination among shippers, ports, or carriers; (2) the common carrier or conference, before filing an application for authority to refund or waive any charges for an error in a tariff or a failure to publish a tariff, has published a new tariff setting forth the rate on which the refund or waiver would be based; and (3) the application for the refund or waiver is filed with the Commission within 180 days from the date of shipment.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 405—TARIFFS, SERVICE CONTRACTS, REFUNDS, AND WAIVERS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"bcdc110810894225dceea60733f9f82fc06c32d10e42cd3763516718d5250c70","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-40502","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-40504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}