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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001334325
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL SYS [3812]
		IRS NUMBER:				342008348
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

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	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		164 WEST 25TH STREET,
		STREET 2:		6TH FLOOR,
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10001
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212 924 3442

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		STREET 1:		164 WEST 25TH STREET,
		STREET 2:		6TH FLOOR,
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
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000-52815</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dear Mr.
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>This letter is in response to the
letter dated September 9, 2009 by the accounting staff of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) with comments on the Company&#8217;s Form
10-K.&#160;&#160;Following are the Company&#8217;s responses to the Staff&#8217;s
comments.</font></div>
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October 31, 2008</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Item
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Results of Operations</font></font></div>
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ended October 31, 2008, compared to fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, page
22</font></font></div>
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accordance with the Staff&#8217;s comment, the Company has omitted from its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2009 (the &#8220;Form 10-Q&#8221;),
non-GAAP measures and comparisons.&#160;&#160;The Company will continue this
practice in its future filings.</font></div>
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accordance with the Staff&#8217;s comment, the Company has omitted from its Form 10-Q
all EBITDA presentations.&#160;&#160;The Company will continue this practice in
its future filings.</font></div>
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Staff&#8217;s comment.&#160;&#160;See pages 33 and 34 of the Form 10-Q as well as
footnote 16 to the financial statements included therein.</font></div>
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considered the Company&#8217;s reported net loss, working capital deficit and negative
operating cash flows and determined a &#8220;going concern&#8221; explanatory paragraph in
the firm&#8217;s audit report was not required based upon the
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based upon the procedures followed and inquires made, RBSM concluded that it
obtained sufficient support as of the date of its report to alleviate and
mitigate its concerns that there existed substantial doubt about the Company&#8217;s
ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time as of
October 31, 2008.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that, as a smaller reporting company, it filed its
Form 10-K in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation S-X.&#160;&#160;As such, it
does not believe that the requested revisions to its financial statements are
required to be made.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that the debt modification costs recorded as an
operating expense represent legal and advisory fees incurred in connection with
negotiating the Cash Framework Agreement with the Noteholder.</font></div>
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Financial Statements</font></font></div>
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Company has expanded the disclosure in the Form 10-Q in accordance with the
Staff&#8217;s comment.&#160;&#160;The Company will continue this practice in its
future filings.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that it has identified the reporting units to which
goodwill has been assigned.&#160;&#160;It has included a schedule quantifying
the balance in note 7 to the financial statements in the Form 10-Q.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that it tests its non amortizable intangible assets
for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year.&#160;&#160;The
Company&#8217;s reporting units that contain goodwill, Martech and Colmek, are either
generating cash flow from operations or net income from operations , and
accordingly, the Company believes no events or changes in circumstances have
occurred during the interim reporting periods&#160;&#160;that may more likely
than not reduce the fair value Martech or Colmek&#160;&#160;below their
respective&#160;&#160;carrying values.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that it has added disclosures to the Form 10-Q that
explain how dividends are calculated and it will continue to do so in its future
filings.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that the 120 shares of Series A preferred stock being
converted were part of the 320 shares of Series A Preferred Stock that was
converted and mentioned in the previous paragraph. Those 320 shares total were
converted into 32,000 shares of common stock, valued at $56,640, which were
foregone in lieu of payment for services provided by the Company.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that it has included in the Form 10-Q separate
schedules for share-based payment awards, and that it will continue to do so in
its future filings.</font></div>
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Company advises that Staff that it has revised in the Form 10-Q its disclosure
for compliance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 280-10-50-20, and
that it will continue to do so in its future filings.</font></div>
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Company advises the Staff that it has revised its disclosure in the Form 10-Q
for compliance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 280-10-50-29, and
will continue to do so going forward.</font></div>
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information.</font></div>
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