Exhibit 31.1

 

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVEOFFICER PURSUANT

TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEYACT

 

 

I, Chua Leong Hin, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewedthis report on Form 10-Q of the Amaru, Inc.;

 

2.   Based onmy knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to theperiod covered by this report;

 

3.   Based onmy knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;

 

4.   The registrant'sother certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for registrant and have:

 

(a)  Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Designated suchinternal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designated under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)  Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)  Disclosed inthis report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's mostrecent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, oris reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.   The registrant'sother certifying officer(s) 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 equivalentfunctions):

 

(a)  All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to affect ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)  Any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

Date: August 14, 2012

 

 

/s/ Chua Leong Hin                                                                

President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer