As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2003
                          Registration No. 333-________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM S-8

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                                     13-3458955
(State or other jurisdiction of         (IRS Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)


                   105 Norton Street, Newark, New York 14513
                                 (315) 331-7742
         (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of Registrant's principal executive office)

                             IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
                      2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
                              (Full title of plan)


                               W. Barry Gilbert
                     Chairman of the Board and Acting Chief Executive Officer
                             IEC Electronics Corp.
                               105 Norton Street
                                Newark, NY 14513
                           Telephone: (315) 331-7742
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


                                    Copy to:

                           Martin S. Weingarten, Esq.
                   Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP
                               2400 Chase Square
                              Rochester, NY 14604
                           Telephone: (585) 232-5300





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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed    Proposed
                                    Maximum     Maximum
Title of                            Offering    Aggregate
Securities to   Amount to be        Price Per   Offering        Amount of
be Registered   Registered(1)       Share(2)    Price(2)      Registration Fee

Common Stock,    1,500,000 shares   $0.20       $300,000        $24.27
$.01 par value

     (1) The number of shares of Common Stock to be  registered  may be adjusted
in accordance with the provisions of the IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in the event that, during the period the Plan is
in effect,  there is effected  any  increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Common Stock resulting from a subdivision or  consolidation  of shares
or the  payment of a stock  dividend  or any other  increase  or decrease in the
number of shares or the  payment of a stock  dividend  or any other  increase or
decrease in the number of such shares effected  without receipt of consideration
by the Registrant.  Accordingly, this Registration Statement covers, in addition
to the number of shares of Common Stock stated above, an indeterminate number of
shares which by reason of any such events may be issued in  accordance  with the
provisions of the Plan.

     (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457 (c) under the Securities Act of 1933 and based
upon the last sale price per share of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board on March 12, 2003.

                                     PART I

Item 1. Plan Information
------------------------

     Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1
of Form S-8.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------

     Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1
of Form S-8.

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
-------  ---------------------------------------

     The  Registrant  hereby  incorporates  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  the  following  document  previously  filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (File No. 0-6508):

     (a) The Registrant's Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 filed with the Commission on January 14,
2003 and January 23, 2003, respectively..

     (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 27, 2002.

     (c) The Registrant's  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on October 25, 2002 and November 1, 2002.

     (d) The  Registrant's  definitive  Proxy  Statement for the Company's  2003
Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on February 5, 2003.

     (e) The  description  of the  Registrant's  Common  Stock  contained in the
Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed with the  Commission  on
December 30, 1992 and effective on February 11, 1993.

     All  reports  and  other  documents  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant  to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1943, as
amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  subsequent  to the  date of this  Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective  amendment  hereto,  which
indicates  that  all  securities  offered  hereunder  have  been  sold or  which
deregisters  all  securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.

     For purposes of this Registration Statement,  any document or any statement
contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  herein by
reference  shall be deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  to the extent that a
subsequently  filed  document  or a  statement  contained  herein  or any  other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein
by reference  modifies or  supersedes  such  document or such  statement in such
document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
-------  --------------------------

Not applicable.

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Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
-------  ---------------------------------------

     Legal matters in connection  with the shares of  Registrant's  Common Stock
issuable  under the Plan will be passed  upon by Messrs.  Boylan,  Brown,  Code,
Vigdor & Wilson, LLP, 2400 Chase Square,  Rochester, NY 14604. Justin L. Vigdor,
senior  counsel  to this firm,  is a director  and  Assistant  Secretary  of the
Registrant, and Martin S. Weingarten,  counsel to this firm, is Secretary of the
Registrant.  As of the date of this  Registration  Statement,  Mr.  Vigdor  owns
192,325  shares of  Registrant's  Common Stock and has stock options to purchase
19,000 shares of Registrant's  Common Stock;  Mr.  Weingarten owns 100 shares of
Registrant's  Common  Stock and has stock  options to purchase  4,500  shares of
Registrant's Common Stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
-------  ------------------------------------------

     Section  145 of the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the  "DGCL"),  as
amended,  gives  Delaware  corporations  the power (but not the  obligation)  to
indemnify each of their present and former  officers or directors  under certain
circumstances,  if such  person  acted in good  faith  and in a manner  which he
reasonably  believed  to be in, or not  opposed  to, the best  interests  of the
corporation.

     Article  Seventh  of  Registrant's  Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation  eliminates  the  personal  liability  of  each  director  to  the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director, except (i) for breaches of such director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section  174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any  transaction  from which such  director
derived an improper personal benefit.

     Article  Eighth  of  Registrant's   Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation also contains a provision to the general effect that each director
and officer shall be  indemnified  by the  Registrant  against  liabilities  and
expenses  in  connection  with any  threatened,  pending or  contemplated  legal
proceeding  to which  he or she may be made a party or with  which he or she may
become  involved by reason of being or having been an officer or director of the
Registrant or of any other  organization at the request of the Registrant.  Such
indemnification  is authorized to the fullest extent  permitted  under the DGCL.

     Article VIII of Registrant's  By-laws  provides that directors and officers
will be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law for
all losses that may be incurred by them in connection  with any action,  suit or
proceeding  in which they may become  involved  by reason of their  service as a
director or officer of the Registrant.

     The  Registrant  has entered into an indemnity  agreement with each officer
and director to provide  contractual  assurance that the protection  afforded by
the Registrant's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
will be available regardless of changes in the Registrant's charter documents or
a change in control of the Registrant.

  The Registrant  maintains an officers' and directors'  liability  insurance
policy insuring the covered  individuals against acts or omissions taken by such
persons in their capacities as officers or directors of Registrant.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
-------  ------------------------------------

        Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
-------  ---------

     Unless  otherwise  indicated as being  incorporated by reference to another
filing of the Registrant with the Commission,  each of the following Exhibits is
filed herewith:

     Exhibit No.                                Description

     4.1                IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option and Incentive
                        Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of
                        Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                        ended September 30, 2002).

     5.1                Opinion and  consent of Boylan,  Brown,  Code,  Vigdor &
                        Wilson,  LLP,  counsel  of  the  Registrant,  as to  the
                        legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered.

     23.1               Consent  of  Rotenberg & Co.,  LLP,  Independent  Public
                        Accountants.


     23.2               Consent of Boylan,  Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP is
                        contained in their  opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
                        Registration Statement.

     24.1               Power of Attorney.

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Item 9.  Undertakings.
-------  -------------

     (1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

             (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");

             (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the  effective  date  of  the   Registration   Statement  (or  the  most  recent
post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities  offered (if the total dollar value of  securities  offered would not
exceed that which was  registered) and any deviation form the low or high and of
the estimated  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule 424(b) if, in the  aggregate,  the
changes in volume and price  represent  no more than a 20 percent  change in the
maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;

             (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously  disclosed in the  Registration  Statement or any
material change to such  information in the  Registration  Statement;  provided,
however,   that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i)  and  (a)(1)(ii)  do  not  apply  if  the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  shall be
deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (b) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

     (2) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  Registration  Statement
shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
offered  therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other
than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirement  of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and had  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized in the Village of Newark, State of New York on March 12, 2003.


                                     IEC Electronics Corp.


                                     By: /s/ W. Barry Gilbert
                                     ------------------------
                                         W. Barry Gilbert
                                         Chairman and
                                         Acting Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on the dates indicated.


Signature                       Title                           Date


/s/ W. Barry Gilbert    Director, Chairman and                  March 12, 2003
---------------------   Acting Chief Executive Officer
    W. Barry Gilbert   (Principal Executive Officer


/s/ Kevin J. Monacelli  Controller, (Principal Financial        March 12, 2003
----------------------  and Accounting Officer)
    Kevin J. Monacelli


/s/ David J. Beaubien   Director                                March 12, 2003
---------------------
    David J. Beaubien


/s/ Robert P.B. Kidd    Director                                March 12, 2003
--------------------
    Robert P.B. Kidd


/s/ Eben S. Moulton     Director                                March 12, 2003
-------------------
    Eben S. Moulton


/s/ Dermott O'Flanagan  Director                                March 12, 2003
----------------------
    Dermott O'Flanagan


/s/ James C. Rowe       Director                                March 12, 2003
----------------------
    James C. Rowe



/s/ Justin L. Vigdor    Director                                March 12, 2003
----------------------
    Justin L. Vigdor

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number   Description                    Location


4.1      IEC Electronics Corp.          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
         2001 Stock Option and          10.6 of Registrant's Amended Report on
         Incentive Plan                 Form 10-K for the year ended September
                                        30, 2002

5.1      Opinion and consent of                 *
         Boylan, Brown, Code,
         Vigdor & Wilson, LLP,
         counsel for the Registrant
         as to the legality of the
         shares of Common Stock
         being registered


23.1     Consent of Rotenberg & Co., LLP,       *
         Independent Public Accountants


23.2     Consent of Boylan, Brown,      Included in Exhibit 5.1 to this
         Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP     Registration Statement


24.1     Power of Attorney                      *


* Included as part of the electronic submission of this Registration Statement.

                                                                     Exhibit 5.1

                                                        March 12, 2003
IEC Electronics Corp.
105 Norton Street
Newark, NY  14513

        Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-8
              for the IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to IEC Electronics  Corp., a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Registrant"),  in connection with the Registration  Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") of the Registrant to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  with respect to the  registration
under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended,  of  1,500,000  shares  the
Registrant's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), to be issued
from time to time pursuant to the IEC  Electronics  Corp.  2001 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

     We have examined the Registration  Statement and the originals or certified
copies of such  corporate  records,  certificates  of officers of the Registrant
and/or  public  officials  and such  other  documents  and have made such  other
factual and legal investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the
basis for the opinions set forth below. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
us as conformed or photostatic  copies and the  authenticity of the originals of
such copies.

     The opinion  expressed  below is limited to the General  Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware,  and we do not express any opinion herein  concerning any
other law.

     Based upon the  foregoing,  subject  to the  assumptions  stated  above and
relying  on the  statements  of fact  contained  in the  documents  that we have
examined,  we are of the opinion that (i) the issuance by the  Registrant of the
Shares  pursuant to the Plan has been duly  authorized  and (ii) when issued and
delivered by the  Registrant in accordance  with the terms of the Plan,  and the
receipt of consideration  therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the
Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                       BOYLAN, BROWN, CODE,
                                       VIGDOR & WILSON, LLP

                                By: /s/ Martin S. Weingarten
                                ----------------------------
                                        Martin S. Weingarten

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<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     As independent public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this  Registration  Statement of our reports dated  November 20,
2002 (except to the matters discussed in Notes 7 and 14, as to which the date is
January 14,  2003)  included in IEC  Electronic  Corp.'s  Form 10-K for the year
ended  September  30, 2002 and to all  references  to our Firm  included in this
Registration Statement.



                                                   By: /s/ Rotenberg & Co., LLP
                                                   ----------------------------
                                                           Rotenberg & Co., LLP
Rochester, New York
March 12, 2003

                                                                    Exhibit 24.1


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS,  IEC  ELECTRONICS  CORP.,  a  Delaware  corporation   (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  under the provisions of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to up
to  1,500,000  shares of Common Stock of the Company to be offered and sold from
time to time under the IEC  Electronics  Corp.  2001 Stock Option and  Incentive
Plan.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  each of the undersigned  hereby appoints W. Barry Gilbert
and Justin L. Vigdor and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents  with full  power of  substitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and
all  amendments,   including  post-effective  amendments,  to  the  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
connection therewith,  making such changes in the Registration Statement as such
person or persons so acting deems appropriate,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  each and every act and thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their  substitute  or  substitutes,  may  lawfully  do or cause to be done or by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  have executed this Power of Attorney
this 12th day of March, 2003.

                                                /s/  David J. Beaubien
                                                ----------------------
                                                     David J. Beaubien

                                                /s/  W. Barry Gilbert
                                                ---------------------
                                                     W. Barry Gilbert

                                                /s/  Robert P.B. Kidd
                                                ---------------------
                                                     Robert P.B. Kidd

                                                /s/  Eben S. Moulton
                                                --------------------
                                                     Eben S. Moulton

                                                /s/  Dermott O'Flanagan
                                                -----------------------
                                                     Dermott O'Flanagan

                                                /s/  James C. Rowe
                                                ------------------
                                                     James C. Rowe

                                                /s/  Justin L. Vigdor
                                                ---------------------
                                                     Justin L. Vigdor

                                                /s/  Kevin J. Monacelli
                                                -----------------------
                                                     Kevin J. Monacelli


                                  Page 7 of 7
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2003
                          Registration No. 333-________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                     13-3458955
(State or other jurisdiction of         (IRS Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)

                   105 Norton Street, Newark, New York 14513
                                 (315) 331-7742
         (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of Registrant's principal executive office)

                             IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
                      2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
                              (Full title of plan)

                               W. Barry Gilbert
                     Chairman of the Board and Acting Chief Executive Officer
                             IEC Electronics Corp.
                               105 Norton Street
                                Newark, NY 14513
                           Telephone: (315) 331-7742
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                           Martin S. Weingarten, Esq.
                   Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP
                               2400 Chase Square
                              Rochester, NY 14604
                           Telephone: (585) 232-5300

                                   Page 1 of 7
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed    Proposed
                                    Maximum     Maximum
Title of                            Offering    Aggregate
Securities to   Amount to be        Price Per   Offering        Amount of
be Registered   Registered(1)       Share(2)    Price(2)      Registration Fee

Common Stock,    1,500,000 shares   $0.20       $300,000        $24.27
$.01 par value

     (1) The number of shares of Common Stock to be  registered  may be adjusted
in accordance with the provisions of the IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in the event that, during the period the Plan is
in effect,  there is effected  any  increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Common Stock resulting from a subdivision or  consolidation  of shares
or the  payment of a stock  dividend  or any other  increase  or decrease in the
number of shares or the  payment of a stock  dividend  or any other  increase or
decrease in the number of such shares effected  without receipt of consideration
by the Registrant.  Accordingly, this Registration Statement covers, in addition
to the number of shares of Common Stock stated above, an indeterminate number of
shares which by reason of any such events may be issued in  accordance  with the
provisions of the Plan.

     (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457 (c) under the Securities Act of 1933 and based
upon the last sale price per share of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board on March 12, 2003.

                                     PART I

Item 1. Plan Information
------------------------

     Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1
of Form S-8.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
-------  -----------------------------------------------------------

     Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1
of Form S-8.

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
-------  ---------------------------------------

     The  Registrant  hereby  incorporates  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  the  following  document  previously  filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (File No. 0-6508):

     (a) The Registrant's Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 filed with the Commission on January 14,
2003 and January 23, 2003, respectively..

     (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
December 27, 2002.

     (c) The Registrant's  Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on October 25, 2002 and November 1, 2002.

     (d) The  Registrant's  definitive  Proxy  Statement for the Company's  2003
Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on February 5, 2003.

     (e) The  description  of the  Registrant's  Common  Stock  contained in the
Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed with the  Commission  on
December 30, 1992 and effective on February 11, 1993.

     All  reports  and  other  documents  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant  to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1943, as
amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  subsequent  to the  date of this  Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective  amendment  hereto,  which
indicates  that  all  securities  offered  hereunder  have  been  sold or  which
deregisters  all  securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.

     For purposes of this Registration Statement,  any document or any statement
contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  herein by
reference  shall be deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  to the extent that a
subsequently  filed  document  or a  statement  contained  herein  or any  other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein
by reference  modifies or  supersedes  such  document or such  statement in such
document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.
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Not applicable.

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Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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     Legal matters in connection  with the shares of  Registrant's  Common Stock
issuable  under the Plan will be passed  upon by Messrs.  Boylan,  Brown,  Code,
Vigdor & Wilson, LLP, 2400 Chase Square,  Rochester, NY 14604. Justin L. Vigdor,
senior  counsel  to this firm,  is a director  and  Assistant  Secretary  of the
Registrant, and Martin S. Weingarten,  counsel to this firm, is Secretary of the
Registrant.  As of the date of this  Registration  Statement,  Mr.  Vigdor  owns
192,325  shares of  Registrant's  Common Stock and has stock options to purchase
19,000 shares of Registrant's  Common Stock;  Mr.  Weingarten owns 100 shares of
Registrant's  Common  Stock and has stock  options to purchase  4,500  shares of
Registrant's Common Stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
-------  ------------------------------------------

     Section  145 of the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the  "DGCL"),  as
amended,  gives  Delaware  corporations  the power (but not the  obligation)  to
indemnify each of their present and former  officers or directors  under certain
circumstances,  if such  person  acted in good  faith  and in a manner  which he
reasonably  believed  to be in, or not  opposed  to, the best  interests  of the
corporation.

     Article  Seventh  of  Registrant's  Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation  eliminates  the  personal  liability  of  each  director  to  the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director, except (i) for breaches of such director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section  174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any  transaction  from which such  director
derived an improper personal benefit.

     Article  Eighth  of  Registrant's   Amended  and  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation also contains a provision to the general effect that each director
and officer shall be  indemnified  by the  Registrant  against  liabilities  and
expenses  in  connection  with any  threatened,  pending or  contemplated  legal
proceeding  to which  he or she may be made a party or with  which he or she may
become  involved by reason of being or having been an officer or director of the
Registrant or of any other  organization at the request of the Registrant.  Such
indemnification  is authorized to the fullest extent  permitted  under the DGCL.

     Article VIII of Registrant's  By-laws  provides that directors and officers
will be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by law for
all losses that may be incurred by them in connection  with any action,  suit or
proceeding  in which they may become  involved  by reason of their  service as a
director or officer of the Registrant.

     The  Registrant  has entered into an indemnity  agreement with each officer
and director to provide  contractual  assurance that the protection  afforded by
the Registrant's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
will be available regardless of changes in the Registrant's charter documents or
a change in control of the Registrant.

  The Registrant  maintains an officers' and directors'  liability  insurance
policy insuring the covered  individuals against acts or omissions taken by such
persons in their capacities as officers or directors of Registrant.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
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        Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
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     Unless  otherwise  indicated as being  incorporated by reference to another
filing of the Registrant with the Commission,  each of the following Exhibits is
filed herewith:

     Exhibit No.                                Description

     4.1                IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option and Incentive
                        Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of
                        Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
                        ended September 30, 2002).

     5.1                Opinion and  consent of Boylan,  Brown,  Code,  Vigdor &
                        Wilson,  LLP,  counsel  of  the  Registrant,  as to  the
                        legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered.

     23.1               Consent  of  Rotenberg & Co.,  LLP,  Independent  Public
                        Accountants.

     23.2               Consent of Boylan,  Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP is
                        contained in their  opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this
                        Registration Statement.

     24.1               Power of Attorney.

                                  Page 3 of 7
Item 9.  Undertakings.
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     (1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

             (i) To include any prospectus  required by Section  10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");

             (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the  effective  date  of  the   Registration   Statement  (or  the  most  recent
post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities  offered (if the total dollar value of  securities  offered would not
exceed that which was  registered) and any deviation form the low or high and of
the estimated  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule 424(b) if, in the  aggregate,  the
changes in volume and price  represent  no more than a 20 percent  change in the
maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;

             (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously  disclosed in the  Registration  Statement or any
material change to such  information in the  Registration  Statement;  provided,
however,   that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i)  and  (a)(1)(ii)  do  not  apply  if  the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  shall be
deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (b) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

     (2) The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  Registration  Statement
shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
offered  therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other
than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                  Page 4 of 7
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirement  of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and had  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized in the Village of Newark, State of New York on March 12, 2003.

                                     IEC Electronics Corp.

                                     By: /s/ W. Barry Gilbert
                                     ------------------------
                                         W. Barry Gilbert
                                         Chairman and
                                         Acting Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

Signature                       Title                           Date

/s/ W. Barry Gilbert    Director, Chairman and                  March 12, 2003
---------------------   Acting Chief Executive Officer
    W. Barry Gilbert   (Principal Executive Officer

/s/ Kevin J. Monacelli  Controller, (Principal Financial        March 12, 2003
----------------------  and Accounting Officer)
    Kevin J. Monacelli

/s/ David J. Beaubien   Director                                March 12, 2003
---------------------
    David J. Beaubien

/s/ Robert P.B. Kidd    Director                                March 12, 2003
--------------------
    Robert P.B. Kidd

/s/ Eben S. Moulton     Director                                March 12, 2003
-------------------
    Eben S. Moulton

/s/ Dermott O'Flanagan  Director                                March 12, 2003
----------------------
    Dermott O'Flanagan

/s/ James C. Rowe       Director                                March 12, 2003
----------------------
    James C. Rowe

/s/ Justin L. Vigdor    Director                                March 12, 2003
----------------------
    Justin L. Vigdor

                                  Page 5 of 7
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number   Description                    Location

4.1      IEC Electronics Corp.          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
         2001 Stock Option and          10.6 of Registrant's Amended Report on
         Incentive Plan                 Form 10-K for the year ended September
                                        30, 2002

5.1      Opinion and consent of                 *
         Boylan, Brown, Code,
         Vigdor & Wilson, LLP,
         counsel for the Registrant
         as to the legality of the
         shares of Common Stock
         being registered

23.1     Consent of Rotenberg & Co., LLP,       *
         Independent Public Accountants

23.2     Consent of Boylan, Brown,      Included in Exhibit 5.1 to this
         Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP     Registration Statement

24.1     Power of Attorney                      *

* Included as part of the electronic submission of this Registration Statement.

                                                                     Exhibit 5.1

                                                        March 12, 2003
IEC Electronics Corp.
105 Norton Street
Newark, NY  14513

        Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-8
              for the IEC Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to IEC Electronics  Corp., a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Registrant"),  in connection with the Registration  Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") of the Registrant to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  with respect to the  registration
under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended,  of  1,500,000  shares  the
Registrant's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), to be issued
from time to time pursuant to the IEC  Electronics  Corp.  2001 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

     We have examined the Registration  Statement and the originals or certified
copies of such  corporate  records,  certificates  of officers of the Registrant
and/or  public  officials  and such  other  documents  and have made such  other
factual and legal investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the
basis for the opinions set forth below. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
us as conformed or photostatic  copies and the  authenticity of the originals of
such copies.

     The opinion  expressed  below is limited to the General  Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware,  and we do not express any opinion herein  concerning any
other law.

     Based upon the  foregoing,  subject  to the  assumptions  stated  above and
relying  on the  statements  of fact  contained  in the  documents  that we have
examined,  we are of the opinion that (i) the issuance by the  Registrant of the
Shares  pursuant to the Plan has been duly  authorized  and (ii) when issued and
delivered by the  Registrant in accordance  with the terms of the Plan,  and the
receipt of consideration  therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the
Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                       BOYLAN, BROWN, CODE,
                                       VIGDOR & WILSON, LLP

                                By: /s/ Martin S. Weingarten
                                ----------------------------
                                        Martin S. Weingarten

                                   Page 6 of 7
Exhibit 23.1

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     As independent public  accountants,  we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this  Registration  Statement of our reports dated  November 20,
2002 (except to the matters discussed in Notes 7 and 14, as to which the date is
January 14,  2003)  included in IEC  Electronic  Corp.'s  Form 10-K for the year
ended  September  30, 2002 and to all  references  to our Firm  included in this
Registration Statement.

                                                   By: /s/ Rotenberg & Co., LLP
                                                   ----------------------------
                                                           Rotenberg & Co., LLP
Rochester, New York
March 12, 2003

                                                                    Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS,  IEC  ELECTRONICS  CORP.,  a  Delaware  corporation   (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  under the provisions of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to up
to  1,500,000  shares of Common Stock of the Company to be offered and sold from
time to time under the IEC  Electronics  Corp.  2001 Stock Option and  Incentive
Plan.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  each of the undersigned  hereby appoints W. Barry Gilbert
and Justin L. Vigdor and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents  with full  power of  substitution,  for him and in his  name,  place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement and any and
all  amendments,   including  post-effective  amendments,  to  the  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
connection therewith,  making such changes in the Registration Statement as such
person or persons so acting deems appropriate,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  each and every act and thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their  substitute  or  substitutes,  may  lawfully  do or cause to be done or by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  have executed this Power of Attorney
this 12th day of March, 2003.

                                                /s/  David J. Beaubien
                                                ----------------------
                                                     David J. Beaubien

                                                /s/  W. Barry Gilbert
                                                ---------------------
                                                     W. Barry Gilbert

                                                /s/  Robert P.B. Kidd
                                                ---------------------
                                                     Robert P.B. Kidd

                                                /s/  Eben S. Moulton
                                                --------------------
                                                     Eben S. Moulton

                                                /s/  Dermott O'Flanagan
                                                -----------------------
                                                     Dermott O'Flanagan

                                                /s/  James C. Rowe
                                                ------------------
                                                     James C. Rowe

                                                /s/  Justin L. Vigdor
                                                ---------------------
                                                     Justin L. Vigdor

                                                /s/  Kevin J. Monacelli
                                                -----------------------
                                                     Kevin J. Monacelli

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