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• procedures for the transfer of such registration upon sale or transfer of the bicycle. §16-63.3. Police Record. Upon registration of any bicycle with the fire department the fire chief shall transfer to the chief of police, and the chief of police shall keep a permanent file of the registration number, bicycle identification number, bicycle owner, address, age, bicycle make, type and approximate value of each bicycle so registered. §16-63.4. Removal, Destruction or Alteration of Registration Number Device or Card; Bicycle Without Legible Serial Number. It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or maliciously to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the serial number on any bicycle frame. It shall also be unlawful for any person willfully or maliciously to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any registration device or registration card issued pursuant to the provisions of this article during the time in which the bicycle for which such registration device or card was issued is operated in the city. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the fire department from stamping or engraving a number on the frame of the bicycle • on which no serial number can be found or on which such number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes. §16-63.5. operation of Bicycles. (a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a street, roadway or other public vehicular area shall be subject to the provisions of this code and the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 46.1 of the Code of Virginia applicable to drivers of motor vehicles, unless the context of any such provision clearly indicates otherwise. (b) Every person operating a bicycle upon a street or highway shall ride as near to the right side thereof as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. (c) Persons riding bicycles upon streets or highways shall not ride two or more abreast except on paths or parts of highways or streets set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. (d) Wherever a useable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not • use the roadway. (e) No person operating a bicycle upon a highway or street shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the driver from