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(a) No person shall willfully mutilate, carve, engrave, destroy, or otherwise deface in such a manner as to render undistinguishable the number and island of issue on any medallion minted under this subchapter.\n(b) No person shall forge, imitate, reproduce or otherwise falsely copy so as to obtain a likeness generally indistinguishable from the original any medallion minted under this subchapter.\n(c) No person shall cause to be operated within the Virgin Islands an automobile for hire who is not the owner of a medallion validly obtained under this subchapter.\n(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months or both.