(1) A person shall not, intentionally or recklessly, falsify or unlawfully remove a trade mark that has been applied—
(a) to any goods that are being, or are to be, dealt with or provided in the course of trade; or
(b) in relation to any goods or services that are being, or are to be, dealt with or provided in the course of trade,
knowing that the trade mark is registered or reckless of whether or not the trade mark is registered.
(2) A person falsifies a registered trade mark if the person—
(a) alters or defaces it;
(b) makes any addition to it; or
(c) partly removes, erases or obliterates it,
without the permission of the registered owner, or an authorised user, of the trade mark and without being required or authorised to do so by this Act, a direction of the Registrar or an order of a court.
(3) A person unlawfully removes a registered trade mark if the person wholly removes, erases or obliterates it—
(a) without the permission of the registered owner, or an authorised user, of the trade mark; and
(b) without being required or authorised to do so by this Act, a direction of the Registrar or an order of a court.