(a) Any person, including a carrier, shipper, consignee or broker or any officer, employee or agent of such person who knowingly or wilfully causes to be done any act prohibited by this chapter or who knowingly violates or fails to comply with or knowingly procures, aids or abets any violation of this chapter or fails to comply with any order, decision or regulation of the Commissioner of Transportation, or who is guilty of any violation of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars for any subsequent offense.

(b) The commissioner, after notice and hearing, may impose a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each offense on any person, including a carrier, shipper, consignee or broker or any officer, employee or agent of such person who violates any provision of this chapter. Each day on which the violation occurs shall be deemed a separate offense.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, any person who is alleged to have committed a violation under the provisions of sections 13b-410a to 13b-410c, inclusive, or of any regulation adopted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of § 13b-410 shall follow the procedures set forth in § 51-164n.