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Any owner or holder of any certificate of stock which has been levied upon by virtue of an execution who sells or otherwise voluntarily disposes of the certificate of stock without consent of the judgment creditor, or order of the court, or who, upon demand of the levying officer, refuses to surrender the certificate of stock, except to assert or maintain the owner’s or holder’s rights as a pledgee, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.