Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 17 CFR 240.13a-14
PROMULGATED UNDER
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Kevin J. Sciuk, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Merit
Securities 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 registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:
(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under my supervision, 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;
(b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report my
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
(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 quarter (the
registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
internal control of financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent function):
(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 registrant'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 registrant's internal control over financial
reporting.
Dated: April 14, 2004 By: /s/ Kevin J. Sciuk
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Kevin J. Sciuk
Principal Financial Officer