(a) No person shall willfully or maliciously remove, mutilate or alter the frame, serial number or other identifying mark of any bicycle registered under this chapter or any registration certificate, decal or plate issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.