§264.  Violation of law by carrier; penalty recoverable by state or person discriminated against

No common carrier as defined in R.S. 45:251, shall wilfully violate any provision of this Chapter, or fail to perform any duty imposed by this Chapter or fail to obey any valid order of the commission when not stayed or suspended by order of court.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense, such penalty to be recoverable at the suit of the Attorney General in the name of the state and for its own use.  This penalty may also be recovered by and for the use of any person against whom there shall have been an unlawful discrimination as defined in this Chapter, the suit to be brought in the name and for the use of the party aggrieved.