Section 43Sec./Art. 43

Liability of Appointing Authority. No person employed in the civil service in violation of the Civil Service Law and rules shall be entitled to receive pay from the Government; but the appointing authority responsible for such unlawful employment shall be personally liable for the pay that would have accrued had the employment been lawful, and the disbursing official shall make payment to the employee of such amount from the salary of the officers so liable.