(a) No person shall use or enter upon the MTABC facilities or conveyances, for any purpose, without the payment of the fare or tender of other valid fare media used in accordance with any conditions and restrictions imposed by the authority or MTABC. For the purposes of this section, it shall be considered an entrance into a facility or conveyance whenever a person passes through a point at which a fare is required or collected.

(b) Except for employees of MTABC acting within the scope of their employment, no person shall sell, provide, copy, reproduce or produce, or create any version of any fare media or otherwise authorize access to or use of the MTABC facilities or conveyances, or its services, without the written permission of a representative of MTABC duly authorized by the authority to grant such right to others.

(c) No person shall put or attempt to put any paper, article, instrument or item, other than fare media issued by the authority or MTABC and valid for the place, time and manner in which used, into any farebox, turnstile, pass reader or other fare collection instrument, receptacle, device, machine or location.

(d) Fare media that have been forged, counterfeited, imitated, altered or improperly transferred or that have been used in a manner inconsistent with the rules shall be confiscated.