Section 105. False billing by carrier or shipper  


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  • No common carrier or any
      officer or agent thereof or any person acting for  or  employed  by  it,
      shall  assist,  suffer  or  permit  any  person or corporation to obtain
      transportation for any passenger or property between points within  this
      state at less than the rates then established and in force in accordance
      with the schedules filed and published in accordance with the provisions
      of  this chapter, by means of false billing, false classification, false
      weight or weighing, or false report of weight, or by any other device or
      means. No person, corporation or any officer, agent  or  employee  of  a
      corporation,  who  shall  deliver property for transportation within the
      state to a common carrier, shall seek to obtain such transportation  for
      such  property  at  less  than  the  rates then established and in force
      therefor,  as  aforesaid,  by  false   billing,   false   or   incorrect
      classification,  false  weight  or weighing, false representation of the
      contents of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any
      other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance
      of the common carrier, or any of its officers, agents or  employees.  No
      person  shall obtain transportation for himself or others or shall avail
      himself or others of any means of transportation at rates other than  or
      different  from  those  prescribed  in  the schedules of rates filed and
      published, or in violation of the conditions  attached  to  any  reduced
      rate  ticket,  provided  such  conditions are contained in the filed and
      published schedules. Nothing in this  section  shall  limit,  modify  or
      change  the  provisions  of  section  one  hundred three and section one
      hundred four.