Any motor carrier which operates on the public highways of this state without the required certificate or permit, or after such certificate or permit has been canceled, or without having registered its vehicle or vehicles as provided for in this article, or which operates otherwise than is permitted by the terms of such certificate or permit or the laws of this state may be enjoined from operating on the public highways of this state upon the Page: 603 Job Path: @mfgmic/west/stcodes/ga/repl/qj04040.63 Date: 06/30/04 Time: 20:58:32 0000 42051-21 (QS) GA 04 RV34 -- 3rd RUN MOTOR CARRIERS bringing of a civil action by the commissioner, by a competing motor carrier or rail carrier, or by any individual. (Ga. L. 1931, p. 199, § 29; Code 1933, § 68-632; Ga. L. 1996, p. 950, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 9-4; Ga. L. 2004, p. 366, § 13.) The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, deleted ‘‘of public convenience and necessity’’ following ‘‘certificate’’ near the beginning of this Code section.