(1) During the existence of copyright in any design it shall not be lawful for any person—
(a) for the purposes of sale to apply or cause to be applied to any article in any class of goods in which the design is registered the design or any fraudulent or obvious imitation, except with the licence or written consent of the registered proprietor, or to do anything with a view to enable the design to be so applied; or
(b) knowing that the design or any fraudulent or obvious imitation has been applied to any article without the consent of the registered proprietor to publish or expose or cause to be published or exposed for sale that article.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of this article he or she shall be liable for every contravention to pay to the registered proprietor of the design a sum not exceeding $240, recoverable as a simple contract debt, or if the proprietor elects to bring an action for the recovery of damages for such contravention, and for an injunction against the repetition thereof, he or she shall be liable to pay such damages as may be awarded and to be restrained by injunction accordingly:
Provided that the total sum recoverable as a simple contract debt in respect of any one design shall not exceed $480.