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

      (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: October 15, 2004


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


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