(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to do any of the following things, that is to say: -
(a) to cut, tear, or otherwise mutilate a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note; or
(b) to write, print, draw, stamp, emboss, or in any other way impress on a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note any letter, figure, design, or other mark; or
(c) to perforate a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note, whether the perforations do or do not form or represent any letter, figure, or other design; or
(d) to attach or affix to a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note any memorandum, advertisement or other writing.
(2) Every person who commits any act in relation to a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note which is a contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
(3) The fact that a legal tender note has been the subject of an act which is a