It shall be unlawful for any corporation, or an employee thereof, operating a street surface railroad, or a branch thereof, on which the motive power is electricity, which road or branch is operated wholly or in part in a city having at least one million inhabitants and which crosses the boundaries of such city, to collect fare of a passenger more than once for and during one continuous ride on a single car or train; excepting that fare may be once collected separately outside the city limits for passenger service to or from such limits, and once separately within the city for the service therein. A person or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation, recoverable by the passenger aggrieved thereby.
New York Legal Code