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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Marshall L. Stewart, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Ocean West Holding Corporation, certify
that:



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| | 1.     I have reviewed
    this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Ocean West Holding
    Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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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 statements 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 have:                                                                                                          



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| | a) designed such disclosure controls and
    procedures to ensure that material information relating to the
    registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
    known to us by others within those entities, 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 as of a
    date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this annual
    report (the Evaluation Date); and                                                                                                      
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| | c) presented in this annual report our
    conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
    and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;                                                                                                                                



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| | 5.     The
    registrants other certifying officers 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 functions):



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| | a) all significant deficiencies in the
    design or operation of internal controls which could adversely
    affect the registrants ability to record, process,
    summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
    registrants auditors any material weaknesses in internal
    controls; 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; and                                                                                                                                                    



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| | 6.     The
    registrants other certifying officers and I have indicated
    in this annual report whether or not there were significant
    changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
    significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of
    our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions
    with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.



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| | /s/ MARSHALL L. STEWART          
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| | Marshall L. Stewart              
| | President/Chief Executive Officer

Date: January 13, 2004