EXHIBIT 10.13

# CONTRACT FOR SERVICES

# BETWEEN:

| | Imagis
Technologies Inc., having its primary address at 1630  1075 W. Georgia St.,
Vancouver, BC, V6E 3C9 Canada, hereinafter Imagis
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# AND:

| | Altaf
Nazerali, with a primary address at 1300  1075 West Georgia Street, Vancouver,
B.C. V6E 3C9, hereinafter Nazerali
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# WHEREAS:

|(A) |  | Nazerali
is an independent contractor engaged in the business of providing           various
corporate and consulting services to business ventures;
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|(B) |  | Imagis
wishes to engage the services of Nazerali;
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|(C) |  | The
parties have mutually agreed to evidence the terms of Nazeralis           service
to Imagis by this Agreement;
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WITNESS that in consideration of the
respective covenants and agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each party,
the parties mutually agree as follows:

# PART 1 

INTERPRETATION

|1. |  | For
all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or
          unless the context otherwise requires,
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|(a) |  | this
Agreement means this agreement for services from time to time
               supplemented or amended by one or more agreements entered into pursuant to
the                applicable provisions hereof,
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|(b) |  | the
words herein, hereof and hereunder and
               other words of similar import refers to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any                particular paragraph, subparagraph or other subdivision,
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|(c) |  | all
references to currency mean Canadian dollars (CDN$), unless otherwise
               specified,
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|(d) |  | a
reference to an entity includes any entity that is a successor to such entity,
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|(e) |  | a
reference to a Part is to a part of this Agreement, and the symbol §               followed
by a number or some combination of numbers and letters refers to the
               section, paragraph, subparagraph, clause or sub-clause of this Agreement
so                designated,
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|(f) |  | the
headings are for convenience only and are not intended as a guide to
               interpretation of this Agreement or any portion hereof, and
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|(g) |  | a
reference to a statute includes all regulations made pursuant thereto, all
               amendments to the statute or regulations in force from time to time, and
any                statute or regulation, which supplements or supersedes such statute or
               regulations.
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# PART 2

ENGAGEMENT

# Engagement

|2.1 |  | Imagis
hereby retains Nazerali to provide services to Imagis and Nazerali hereby agrees to be so
retained, upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth for the
duration of this Agreement.
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# Term

|2.2 |  | This
Agreement will extend for 12 months unless renewed or terminated as in the manner
provided for under this Agreement. The term of such Agreement will be renewed, on the
same terms and conditions set out herein, for successive 12 month periods if
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|(a) |  | 30
days before the expiry of such term Imagis has not exercised its rights under
               Part 6 to terminate this Agreement, and
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|(b) |  | 30
days before the expiry of such term Nazerali gives Imagis notice of his
               desire to renew the term for an additional 12 months.
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| |  | renew the term for an additional 12 months.
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| |  | The initial
12-month term will commence on October 1, 2002.
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# Term of Reference

|2.3 |  | Imagis
engages Nazerali to perform the following services (the "Consulting Services")
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|(a) |  | to
advise and assist with the financing activities of the Company;
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|(b) |  | to
provide such other services as may reasonably be requested by the Company           from
time to time.
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# PART 3 

COMPENSATION

# Fee

|3.1 |  | Nazerali
will receive a monthly fee of CDN$12,500 plus GST (the Fee), or CDN$150,000
per annum (exclusive of GST). Nazerali shall submit an invoice covering services rendered
during each monthly period. Upon receipt of Nazeralis invoice, Imagis shall make
payment in full on a monthly basis in arrears.
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# Expenses

|3.2 |  | Imagis
will reimburse Nazerali all reasonable travel expenses, including car rentals, food and
lodging and sundry expenses, and all other reasonable expenses incurred in connection
with him providing service hereunder to Imagis promptly on receiving all appropriate and
complete vouchers or receipts.
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# Review

|3.3 |  | At
the end of the first anniversary of this Agreement and annually thereafter, the
Compensation Committee of Imagis will carry out an objective review of the compensation
provided herein with regards to any developments within Imagis, and, if warranted, the
Fee may be increased (but not decreased).
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# PART 4 

COVENANTS

# Non-Competition

|4.1 |  | Nazerali
will not, during the term of this Agreement provide services to any person or persons,
firm, association, syndicate, joint venture, partnership, company or corporation engaged
in, concerned with or interestedinany business primarily involved in
similar activities in any country in which Imagis operates, or is actively considering,
or take any other action inconsistent with the relationship of a board member to his
corporation. This non-competition clause will not apply to business relationships with
corporate partners of Imagis e.g. Zixsys.
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# Non- Solicitation of
Customers and Employees

|4.2 |  | Nazerali
may, with the specific prior written consent of the President and CEO of Imagis offer and
provide part or full time employment to current Imagis employees who were previously
employed either directly or indirectly by him. Nothing herein will prevent Nazerali from
continuing to carry on personal activities with employees of Imagis to the extent that
such activities were ongoing at the date of the Agreement.
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# PART 5 

DUTIES OF NAZERALI

# Duties

|5.1 |  | With
prior notification to Imagis and with Imagis prior written consent, which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld, Nazerali may delegate or subcontract the performance
of any Consulting Service to any other Person (as hereinafter defined). For the purposes
of this Agreement, Person includes, without limitation, any individual, firm,
corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, consortium, trust or other entity.
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# Relationship of Parties

|5.2 |  | Nazerali
hereby acknowledges that he is responsible for remitting his own taxes and any
contributions required by law to be remitted and Imagis shall have no responsibility in
respect of any failure by Nazerali to properly remit such amounts when due, and Nazerali
agrees to indemnify and save Imagis harmless from and against assessments, losses or
penalties actually incurred by Imagis in this respect.
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# Confidential Information

|5.3 |  | Nazerali
hereby covenants, agrees and acknowledges as follows:
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|(a) |  | Nazerali
has and will have access to and will participate in the development of           or be
acquainted with confidential or proprietary information and trade secrets
          related to the business of Imagis, its subsidiaries and affiliates
          (collectively, the Companies), including but not limited to
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| | (i) | business
plans, operating, plans, marketing plans, financial reports, operating
               data, budgets, wage and salary rates, pricing strategies and information,
terms                of agreements with suppliers or customers and others, prospect- and
customer                lists, patents, devices, software programs, reports,
correspondence, tangible                property and specifications owned by or used in
the businesses of one or more of                the Companies,
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| | (ii) | information
pertaining to future developments such as, but not limited to,                research
and development, future marketing, distribution, delivery or                merchandising
plans or ideas, and potential new business locations, and
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| | (iii) | other
tangible and intangible properties, which are used in the business and
               operations of the Companies but not made publicly available.
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| |  | The information
and trade secrets relating to the business and operations of the Companies described
hereinabove in this paragraph (a) are hereinafter referred to collectively as the Confidential
Information, provided that the term Confidential Information shall not include any
information that is or becomes generally publicly available (other than as a result of
violation of this Agreement by Nazerali) or (b) that Nazerali receives on a
non-confidential basis from a source (other than Imagis, its affiliates or
representatives) that is not known by it to be bound by an obligation of secrecy or
confidentiality to the Companies or any of them.
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|(b) |  | Nazerali
hereby assigns to Imagis, in consideration of its engagement, all           Confidential
Information developed by or otherwise in the possession of Nazerali           at any time
during the term of this Agreement, whether or not made or conceived           during
working hours, alone or with others, which relates to businesses or           proposed
businesses of any of the Companies, and Nazerali agrees that all such
          Confidential Information shall be the exclusive property of the Companies. Upon
          request of the Board of Directors of Imagis, Nazerali shall execute and deliver
          to the Companies any specific assignments or other documents appropriate to
vest           title in such Confidential Information.
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|(c) |  | Nazerali
shall not disclose, use or continue to make known for his or           anothers
benefit any Confidential Information or use such Confidential           Information in
any way except in the best interests of the Companies in the           performance of
Nazerali duties under this
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| |  | Agreement.  Nazerali  may disclose Confidential Information when required by applicable law           or
judicial process, but only after notice to Imagis of Nazerali intention
          to do so and opportunity for Imagis to challenge or limit the scope of the
          disclosure.
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|(d) |  | Nzerali
acknowledges and agrees that a remedy at law for any breach or           threatened
breach of the provisions of this §5.7 would be inadequate and,           therefore,
agrees that the Companies shall be entitled to injunctive relief in           addition to
any other available rights and remedies in case of any such breach           or
threatened breach; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be
          construed as prohibiting Imagis from pursuing any other rights and remedies
          available for such breach or threatened breach.
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|(e) |  | agrees
that upon termination of its engagement by Imagis for any           reason, Nazerali
shall forthwith return to Imagis all Confidential Information,           documents,
correspondence, notebooks, reports, computer programs and all other           materials
and copies thereof (including computer discs and other electronic           media)
relating in any way to the business of the Companies in any way developed           or
obtained by Nazerali during, the period of its engagement with Imagis.
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|(f) |  | Nazerali
agrees for a period of one year after the termination of this Agreement           not to
pursue any business opportunities that were developed or evaluated at           Imagis
during his tenure at Imagis, except such business opportunities which           have been
declined by Imagis.
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|(g) |  | The
obligations of Nazerali under this §5.3 shall, except as otherwise
          provided herein, survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement and
          shall terminate one year after the termination of this Agreement.
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# PART 6 

TERMINATION

# Termination by Either
Party

|6.1 |  | Either
party may terminate this Agreement on notice given not less than 30 days.
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# Return of Property

|6.2 |  | On
the effective date of termination Nazerali will deliver up to the Company, in a
reasonable state of repair, all property, both real and personal, including documents and
copies thereof, owned, leased or bailed to Imagis and used by or in the possession of
Nazerali.
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# PART 7 

GENERAL

# Reasonableness of
Restrictions and Covenants

|7.1 |  | Nazerali
confirms and agrees that the covenants and restrictions pertaining to Nazerali contained
in this Agreement, are reasonable and valid and hereby further acknowledges and agrees
that Imagis would suffer irreparable injury in the event of any breach by Nazerali of its
obligations under any such covenant or restriction. Accordingly, Nazerali hereby
acknowledges and agrees that damages would be an inadequate remedy at law in connection
with any such breach and that Imagis shall be entitled, in addition to any other right or
remedy which it may have at law, in equity or otherwise, to temporary and permanent
injunctive relief enjoining and restraining Nazerali from any such breach.
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# Set-off

|7.2 |  | Nazerali
hereby authorizes Imagis to set off against any amounts payable to Nazerali hereunder any
bona fide indebtedness of Nazerali to Imagis with respect to this Agreement that has been
recorded on the books and records of Imagis and of which Nazerali has been given written
notice of and to make deductions and to retain any portions of such payments to satisfy
any such indebtedness, to the extent permitted by law.
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# Assignment

|7.3 |  | Neither
of the parties may assign any right, benefit or interest in this Agreement without the
written consent of the other, and any purported assignment without such consent will be
void.
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# Severability

|7.4 |  | If
any provision of this Agreement is unenforceable or invalid for any reason it will be
severable from the remainder of this Agreement and, in its application at that time, this
Agreement will be construed as though such provision was not contained herein and the
remainder will continue in full force and effect and be construed as if this Agreement
had been executed without the invalid or unenforceable provision.
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# Waiver and Consent

|7.5 |  | No
consent or waiver, express or implied, by any party to or of any breach or default by
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| |  | any other
parry of any or all of its obligations under this Agreement will
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|(a) |  | be
valid unless it is in writing and stated to be a consent or waiver pursuant           to
this section,
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|(b) |  | be
relied upon as a consent to or waiver of any other breach or default of the
          same or any other obligation,
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|(c) |  | constitute
a general waiver under this Agreement, or
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|(d) |  | eliminate
or modify the need for a specific consent or waiver pursuant to this           section in
any other or subsequent instance.
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# Notice

|7.6 |  | Every
notice, request, demand or direction (each, for the purposes of this section, a notice)
to be given pursuant to this Agreement by any party to another will be in writing and
will be delivered or sent by registered or certified mail postage prepaid and mailed in
any government post office or by email, or other similar form of written communication,
in each case, addressed as above or as follows:
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| |  | If to Nazerali at: 
email:              anazerali@ipm.bc.ca
Attention:      Altaf Nazerali

If to Imagis at:

email:              idrummond@imagistechnologies.com
Attention:      Iain Drummond, President & CEO
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| |  | or to
such other address as is specified by the particular party by notice to the other.
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|7.7 |  | Any
notice delivered or sent in accordance withss.7.6 will be deemed to have been given and
received
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|(a) |  | if
delivered, or emailed on the day of delivery,
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|(b) |  | if
mailed, on the earlier of the day of receipt and the sixth business day after
          the day of mailing, or
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|(c) |  | if
sent by any form of written communication, on the first business day           following
the day of transmittal.
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# Binding Effect

|7.8 |  | This
Agreement will ensure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective legal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns of the parties.
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# Time of Essence

|7.9 |  | Time
is of the essence in the performance of each obligation under this Agreement.
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# Governing Law

|7.10 |  | This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Province of
British Columbia, Canada.
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# Counterparts

|7.11 |  | This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all
parties to this Agreement had signed the same document and all counterparts will be
construed together and will constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto
have executed this Agreement effective as of October 1st, 2002.

|Per: | /Altaf Naerali/Name:    Altaf Nazerali
Title:      Consultant
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|Per: | /Iain Drummond/Name:    Iain Drummond
Title:      President & CEO, Imagis Technologies Inc.
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