Exhibit 31.2



CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



I, Teri W. Hunt, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Lakeland Industries,
Inc. (the “registrant”);
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| | 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;
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| | 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;
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| | 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 we have:
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| | 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;
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| | 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;
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| | 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
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| | 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 (the registrant’s fourth fiscal
                                         quarter in the case of an annual report) 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 (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a. | All significant deficiencies and
                                         material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
                                         which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
                                         process, summarize and report financial information; 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 over financial reporting.
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|Date:
     December 14, 2016 | /s/
    Teri W. Hunt       
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|                             | By:  Teri W.
    Hunt,     
|                             | Chief Financial
    Officer