Exhibit 31.1

                     RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) CERTIFICATION

I, Paul Egan, certify that:

      1. I  have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on  Form  10-KSB  of  FreeStar
Technology Corporation;

      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 small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

      4.  The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officer  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))  [omitted pursuant to
extended compliance period] for the small business issuer 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 small business issuer,
      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) [omitted pursuant to extended compliance period]

      (c) Evaluated the effectiveness 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 report based on such evaluation; and

      (d)  Disclosed  in 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 the case 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  of  internal  control  over
financial  reporting,  to the small  business  issuer's  auditors  and the audit
committee  of the  small  business  issuer'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 small business issuer'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  small  business  issuer's
      internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: October 26, 2004                               By: /s/  Paul Egan
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                                                          Paul Egan, President