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**EXHIBIT 31.1**

CERTIFICATIONS

| I, Irwin          J. Deutch, certify that: |
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| 1.                                         | I have reviewed this        annual report on Form 10-K of Century Pacific Tax Credit Housing Fund        II; |
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| 2.                                         | Based on my knowledge,        this annual 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 statement were made,        not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report; |
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| 3.                                         | Based on my knowledge,        the financial statements and other financial information included in        this annual 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 annual report; |
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| 4.                                         | The registrant's other        certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining        disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules        13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have: |
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|                                       | 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 registrant is made known to us by others within the entity,        particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared; |
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|                                       | b. | evaluated the effectiveness of        the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in        this annual report (the "Evaluation Date") 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 |
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|                                       | 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 year (the registrant’s        fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially        affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the registrant’s        internal control over financial reporting; and |
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| 5.                                         | The registrant's other        certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation,        to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's        board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function): |
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|                                       | a. | All significant deficiencies and        material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls 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 controls over financial reporting. |
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| January 21, 2005 |   | /s/ Irwin J. Deutch                                    |
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|             |   | Irwin J. Deutch, President, Chief Executive    Officer |
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