**Exhibit          31.1**

**Certification          of Chief Executive Officer**

**Section          302**

|   | 1. | I                    have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BNL Financial                    Corporation; |
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|   | 2. | Based                    on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report; |
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|   | 3. | Based                    on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                    information                    included in this quarterly 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 quarterly                    report; |
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|   | 4. | The                    registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible                    for                    establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                    (as                    defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant                    and we                    have: |
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|   | a) | designed                    such disclosure controls and procedures 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 quarterly report                    is being                    prepared; |
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|   | b) | evaluated                    the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and                    procedures                    as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this                    quarterly                    report (the "Evaluation Date"); and |
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|   | c) | presented                    in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness                    of the                    disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as                    of the                    Evaluation Date; |
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|   | 5. | The                    registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,                    based on our                    most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the                    audit                    committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing                    the                    equivalent function): |
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|   | a) | all                    significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal                    controls                    which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,                    process,                    summarize and report financial data and have identified for the                    registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls;                    and |
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|   | b) | any                    fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                    employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal                    controls; and |
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|   | 6. | The                    registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in                    this                    quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes                    in internal                    controls or in other factors that could significantly affect                    internal                    controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,                    including                    any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies                    and                    material weaknesses. |
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