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 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.
  Date: April
                29, 2005
              By:
              /s/ Anthony
                DurkaczVice
                President, Finance