EXHIBIT
      31.1





CERTIFICATION
      PURSUANT TO


18
      USC,
      SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO


SECTION
      302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





I,
      Anthony Durkacz, certify that:




1. I
      have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F/A of Astris Energi Inc.;




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 company as of, and for, the periods
      presented in this report.




4. The
      company’s
      other certifying officer(s) 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 the company and have:




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 company, 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 company’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 company’s internal control over financial
      reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that
      has
      materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s
      internal control over financial reporting; and




5. The
      company’s
      other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
      evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s
      auditors and the audit committee of the Company’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 Company’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 Company’s internal control over financial
      reporting.







Dated:
      February 20, 2006


By:
      /s/
      Anthony Durkacz


Vice
      President, Finance