s 53 Penalty for destroying name or number
53.—(1) Any person who destroys, pulls down, defaces, covers or conceals any inscription of the name of a building, an estate or a street which has lawfully been set up or sets up on any house, building, structure or post in or near that building, estate or street any other name different from the name lawfully given to the building, estate or street, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. (2) The expense of replacing or refixing any such name which has been destroyed, pulled down, defaced, covered or concealed must be paid by the person convicted of destroying, pulling down, defacing, covering or concealing the name, as the case may be. (3) Any person who destroys, pulls down, defaces, covers or conceals the number of any house or building which has been lawfully set up or sets up in any house or building any number different from the number lawfully allotted to the house or building shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. (4) The expense of replacing or refixing any such number which has been destroyed, pulled down, defaced, covered or concealed must be paid by the person convicted of destroying, pulling down, defacing, covering or concealing the number, as the case may be.