§ 101. Misdemeanor to pay salary or compensation for which
certification has been refused. Any officer who shall wilfully pay or
authorize the payment of salary or compensation to any person in the
classified service with knowledge that the state civil service
department or appropriate municipal civil service commission has refused
to certify the payroll, estimate or account of such person, or after due
notice from such department or commission that such person has been
appointed, employed, transferred, assigned to perform duties or
reinstated in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the
rules established thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.