EXHIBIT 31.1

Manaris Corporation
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302

I, John G. Fraser, President, Chief Executivie Officer and Interim Chief
Financial Officer of Manaris Corporation certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Manaris Corporation
for the period ended June 30, 2006;

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual
report;

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

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
issuer 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 issuer 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; and

(b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer'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

(c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer's internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the issuer's most recent fiscal
      quarter (the issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
      report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the issuer's internal control over financial reporting;

5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the issuer's auditors and the audit committee of
the issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions);

(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 issuer'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 issuer's internal controls
      over financial reporting.

                                       Manaris Corporation


Date: September 29, 2006               By: /s/ John G. Fraser
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                                           John G. Fraser
                                           President, Chief Executive Officer
                                           and Interim Chief Financial Officer