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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                FORM 10-KSB/A
                ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15 (d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                           Commission File No, 2-13328
                  For the fiscal year ending November 30, 1996

                         SENTEX SENSING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                   New Jersey                                 22-2333899
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        (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)

                 553 Broad Avenue
              Ridgefield, New Jersey                            07657
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       (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


                                 (201) 945-3694
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               (Registrant's telephone number including area code)

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          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
                                      None

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:
                           Common Shares, no par value



     Indicate by check whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. YES X NO____

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]

     The aggregate market value of Sentex Sensing Technology, Inc. Common
Shares, no par value, held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported on the NASDAQ Small Cap
Market System on February 24, 1997: $4,056,570

     Number of shares of Common Shares (No Par Value) of SENTEX SENSING
TECHNOLOGY, INC., issued and outstanding as of February 25, 1997 is 78,919,762.


TRANSITIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DISCLOSURE FORMAT (Check One)


Yes                                 No    X
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SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date:   February 28, 1997       SENTEX SENSING TECHNOLOGY, INC.


                                By: /s/ Robert S. Kendall
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                                   Robert S. Kendall, Chief Executive Officer


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature                   Title                           Date
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/s/ Robert S. Kendall       Chairman, President             February 28, 1997
----------------------      and Treasurer
Robert S. Kendall


/s/ James G. Few            Executive V.P., Chief           February 28, 1997
----------------------      Operating Officer, Secretary
James G. Few                and Director


/s/ James S. O'Leary        Vice President, Finance and     February 28, 1997
----------------------      Chief Financial Officer
James S. O'Leary


/s/ Julius L. Hess          Director                        February 28, 1997
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Julius L. Hess


                            Director                        
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Ronald M. Lipson


                            Director                        
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Amos Linenberg


/s/ Morton A. Cohen
----------------------      Director                        February 28, 1997
Morton A. Cohen



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                                List of Exhibits


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                     EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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*3.2      First Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company

*3.7      Certificate of Incorporation of Monitek Technologies, Inc.

*21.1     List of Subsidiaries

 27       Financial Data Schedule

*Previously Filed


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