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Exhibit
31.1
CERTIFICATION
I,
Richard Ackerman, certify that:
1.
I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Big
Rock Partners Acquisition Corp.;
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 officer(s) 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 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 registrant, 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;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant’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
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 over financial reporting; and
5.
The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 the registrant’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 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.
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March 23, 2018
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By:
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/s/
Richard
Ackerman
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Richard
Ackerman
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Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal
executive officer)
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