**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THEEXCHANGE ACT**

I,Jerome E. Ball, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ForwardIndustries, Inc. ("Forward") certify that:

| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10‐QSB			for the three months ended December 31, 2004, of Forward;  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;  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 Forward			as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;  4.
Forward'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)) for Forward and we have: 
a)            designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to Forward, includingits consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)            Not applicable;
 
c)            evaluated the effectiveness of Forward's disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d)            disclosed in this report any change in Forward'sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during Forward's mostrecent fiscal quarter (Forward's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, Forward's internal control over financial reporting; and 
5.
Forward's other certifying officer			and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of			internal control over financial reporting, to Forward's auditors and			the audit committee of Forward's board of directors (or persons			performing the equivalent functions): 			 
a)            all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Forward's ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b)           any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in Forward's internalcontrols over financial reporting.

Date: January 20, 2005

 

/s/JeromeE. BallJerome E. BallChairman of the Boardand Chief Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer)

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