Exhibit 31.1


                         RULE 13a-14(a) CERTIFICATION IN
                           ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 302
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Timothy C. Tuff, Chief Executive Officer of John H. Harland Company (the
"Company"), certify that:

    1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the Company;

    2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
         circumstances under which such statements were made, not
         misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

    3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
         financial information included in this report, fairly present
         in all material respects the financial condition, results of
         operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
         the periods presented in this report;

    4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
         responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
         controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
         13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
         reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
         15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

         a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
            such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
            our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
            the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
            made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
            during the period in which this report is being prepared;

         b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
            caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
            designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
            assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
            the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
            in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

         c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
            controls and procedures and presented in this report our
            conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
            and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
            report based on such evaluation; and

         d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
            internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
            the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has
            materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
            affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
            reporting; and


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    5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
         based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
         financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
         committee of the registrant's board of directors:

         a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
            design or operation of internal control over financial
            reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
            registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
            financial information; and

         b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
            other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
            internal control over financial reporting.


Date: 2/27/2007
                                                   /s/ Timothy C. Tuff
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                                                  Timothy C. Tuff
                                                  Chairman, President and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer