Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
OFFICER

Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



I, Lisa F. Campbell, certify that:



| | (1) | I have reviewed this quarterly report for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 on Form 10-Q of New Century
Bancorp, 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 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;



(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



| | (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 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: August 10, 2012 | By:                                                      | /s/ Lisa F. Campbell
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|                      | Lisa F. Campbell                                        
|                      | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and
|                      | Chief Operating Officer