{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-198a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 198A","heading":"Unauthorized sale at less than full fare","body":"Section 198A. Whoever, except a person authorized so to do by the railroad corporation issuing the same, or a bona fide passenger in actual transit, sells or offers for sale any railroad ticket or portion of such a ticket entitling the holder or any specified person or persons to passage wholly within the commonwealth on any railroad passenger train or trains, such ticket or portion of a ticket having been put out by the railroad corporation issuing the same at a price less than the rate of a full one way fare for such passage under the tariff provisions then in force, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter160/Section198A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:48Z","sha256":"6d642ff1668ec0d6c6f27c72a6301acd8684dcd8dbdbe74c3aaf705c2630488b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-198","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-198b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}