**EXHIBIT 31**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)**

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Newcourt Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the datehereof, I, McIvan A. Jarrett, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that: 

 

1. I have reviewed the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of the Company for the quarter ended September 30, 2003; 

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement 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 financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 

 

4. The small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have: 

 

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared; 

 

(b) evaluated theeffectiveness of the small business issuer’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 reportbased on such evaluation; and 

 

(c) disclosedin this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in thecase of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and 

 

5. The small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

 

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses inthe design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and 

 

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. 

 

Date: November 14, 2003