§ 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.