(a) No person shall wilfully deface, destroy, or alter the serial number, a component part number, or any other identification mark of any bicycle so placed or stamped on a bicycle by the manufacturer for the purpose of identifying the bicycle or its component parts.
(b) This section does not prohibit the restoration by an owner of an original mark or number, when the restoration is authorized in writing by the director.
(Sec. 13-31.7, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 41, Art. 12, § 41-12.7)