(a) Any person obtaining title to a bicycle shall register the same before operating upon the streets, alleys and other public places. Upon the sale or transfer of a bicycle so registered, the registrant shall return to the Safety Director, or the person designated by him, the registration tag and record covering the bicycle, and the purchaser of the bicycle shall register the same as hereinbefore provided.
(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.