EXHIBIT 31.1
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                                  CERTIFICATION

                           Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350
                 (Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

      I, Paul H. Riss,  Chief Executive  Officer and Chief Financial  Officer of
eLEC Communications Corp., certify that:

     1.  I  have  reviewed  this  quarterly   report  on  Form  10-QSB  of  eLEC
Communications Corp.;

     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 the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4. I am responsible for  establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls
and  procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
the registrant and I have:

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

       (b)  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

       (c)  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. I have disclosed, based on my 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):

       (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

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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
       control over financial reporting.


Date:  July 15, 2005

                                          /s/ Paul H. Riss
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                                              Paul H. Riss
                                              Chief Executive Officer and Chief
                                              Financial Officer

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