Exhibit 33.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In  connection  with the Annual  Report of Center  Bancorp,  Inc.  (the
"Company")  on Form  10-K  for the  year  ended  December  2003  filed  with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report"),  I,  Anthony C.  Weagley,
Treasurer and Chief Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

     3.   The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     4.   The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Company
          as of the dates presented and the consolidated result of operations of
          the Company for the periods presented.

Dated: March 15, 2004



                                                       /s/ ANTHONY C. WEAGLEY
                                                       ------------------------
                                                       Anthony C. Weagley
                                                       Treasurer and Chief
                                                       Financial Officer




                         Center Bancorp Inc., Form 10-K