[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2010] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR273.1] [Page 701] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 273_CARRIER RESPONSIBILITIES AT FOREIGN PORTS OF EMBARKATION; Sec. 273.1 General. REDUCING, REFUNDING, OR WAIVING FINES UNDER SECTION 273 OF THE ACT--Table of Contents Sec. 273.1 General. 273.2 Definition. 273.3 Screening procedures. 273.4 Demonstration by carrier that screening requirements were met. 273.5 General criteria used for reduction, refund, or waiver of fines. 273.6 Memorandum of Understanding. Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1323; 8 CFR part 2. Source: 63 FR 23655, Apr. 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted. In any fines case in which a fine is imposed under section 273 of the Act involving an alien brought to the United States after December 24, 1994, the carrier may seek a reduction, refund, or waiver of fine, as provided for by section 273(e) of the Act, in accordance with this part. The provisions of section 273(e) of the Act and of this part do not apply to any fine imposed under any provision other than section 273 (a)(1) and (b) of the Act.