U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-8A

                 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
                      FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE
                         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission that it is amending and adopting as its own the notification
of registration of Templeton Global Income Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation,
under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, and in connection with such amendment of notification
of registration submits the following information:



Name of registrant:                      TEMPLETON GLOBAL INCOME FUND


Address of Principal Business Office:    500 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 2100
                                         Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394-3091

Telephone Number (including area code):  (954) 527-7500


Name and address of agent for            Lori A. Weber, Assistant Secretary
service of process:                      Templeton Global Income Fund
                                         500 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 2100
                                         Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394-3091

Copies to:       Barbara J. Green, Vice President and Secretary
                 Templeton Global Income Fund
                 500 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 2100
                 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394-3091

                 Bruce G. Leto, Esq., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP
                 2600 One Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098

Check appropriate Box:

Registrant is filing a  Registration  Statement  pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, concurrently with the filing of Form
N-8A: YES [] NO [X]

Item 1. Exact name of registrant.

          Templeton Global Income Fund.

Item 2.  Name of state  under  the laws of which  registrant  was  organized  or
         created and the date of such organization or creation.

          Registrant  was  organized  under the laws of the State of Delaware on
          December 2, 2003.

Item  3.  Form  of  organization of registrant (for  example,  corporation,
          partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).

          The registrant was formed as a Delaware statutory trust under the laws
          of the State of Delaware.

Item 4.  Classification of registrant  (face-amount  certificate  company,  unit
         investment trust, or management company).

          Registrant is classified as a management company.

Item 5. If registrant is a management company:

       (a) State whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an "open-end"
           company;

       (b) State whether registrant is registering as a "diversified" company
           or a "non-diversified" company (read Instruction 4(i) carefully
           before replying).


          The registrant is a closed-end, non-diversified company.


Item 6.  Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.

          The investment adviser of registrant is Franklin  Advisers, Inc., a
          California  corporation with offices located at One Franklin Parkway,
          San Mateo, California 94403-1906.

Item 7. If the registrant is an investment  company having a board of directors,
        state the name and address of each officer and director of the
        registrant.

          (The registrant has a board of trustees who perform similar functions
          to those of a board of directors of a corporation.)



HARRIS J. ASHTON                      Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


FRANK J. CROTHERS                     Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


S. JOSEPH FORTUNATO                   Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


EDITH E. HOLIDAY                      Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


GORDON S. MACKLIN                     Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


FRED R. MILLSAPS                      Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


FRANK A. OLSON                        Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


CONSTANTINE D. TSERETOPOULOS          Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


NICHOLAS F. BRADY                     Trustee
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091

CHARLES B. JOHNSON                    Trustee, Chairman of the Board and
                                       Vice President
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

CHRISTOPHER J. MOLUMPHY               President and Chief Executive Officer-
                                        Investment Management
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

JIMMY D. GAMBILL                      Senior Vice President and Chief Executive
                                        Officer - Finance and Administration
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091

RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR.                Vice President
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA 94403-1906

HARMON E. BURNS                       Vice President
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

MARTIN L. FLANAGAN                    Vice President
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

JEFFREY A. EVERETT                    Vice President
                                      P.O. Box N-7759
                                      Lyford Cay, Nassau, Bahamas

JOHN R. KAY                           Vice President
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091


MURRAY L. SIMPSON                     Vice President and Assistant Secretary
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

BARBARA J. GREEN                      Vice President and Secretary
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

DAVID P. GOSS                         Vice President and Assistant Secretary
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

MICHAEL O. MAGDOL                     Vice President - AML Compliance
                                      600 Fifth Avenue
                                      Rockefeller Center
                                      New York, NY  10048-0772

DIOMEDES LOO-TAM                      Treasurer
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

RICHARD L. KUERSTEINER                Assistant Vice President
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

ROBERT C. ROSSELOT                    Assistant Secretary
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091

LORI A. WEBER                         Assistant Secretary
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091

KAREN P. DEBELLIS                     Assistant Treasurer
                                      100 Fountain Parkway
                                      St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1205

KENNETH A. LEWIS                      Assistant Treasurer
                                      One Franklin Parkway
                                      San Mateo, CA  94403-1906

GALLEN G. VETTER                      Chief Financial Officer
                                      500 East Broward Blvd.
                                      Suite 2100
                                      Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3091

Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a board
        of directors:

       (a) State the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;

       (b) State the name and address of each officer and director of each
           sponsor of registrant;

       (c) State the name and address of each trustee and each custodian of
           registrant.

          Not Applicable.

Item 9. (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering its
            securities directly to the public (yes or no).

          No,  the  registrant  is  not  currently   issuing  and  offering  its
          securities directly to the public.

        (b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities to
            the public through an underwriter, state the name and address of
            such underwriter.

          Not Applicable.

        (c) If the answer to 9(a) is "no" and the answer to 9(b)  is "not
            applicable," state whether registrant presently proposes to make a
            public offering of its securities (yes or no).

          No,  the  registrant  presently  does  not  propose  to make a  public
          offering of its securities.

         (d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued and
             outstanding (yes or no).

          No.

        (e) If the answer to Item 9(d) is "yes," state as of a date not to
            exceed  ten days  prior to the  filing  of this  notification  of
            registration  the  number of  beneficial  owners of  registrant's
            outstanding securities (other than short-term paper) and the name
            of  any  company  owning  10  percent  or  more  of  registrant's
            outstanding voting securities.

          Not Applicable.

Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.

          The current value of registrant's total assets is $0.

Item 11. State whether  registrant has applied or intends to apply for a license
         to operate as a small business investment company under the Small
         Business Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).

          No, the  registrant has not applied and does not intend to apply for a
          license to operate as a small business  investment  company under such
          act.

Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of the  registrant's  last regular periodic
         report to its securityholders, if any.

          Not Applicable.





                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
the registrant has caused this amendment of notification of registration to be
duly signed on its behalf in the City of San Mateo and the State of California
on the 28th day of May, 2004.




                                           Templeton Global Income Fund


                                            BY: /s/DAVID P. GOSS
                                               --------------------------------
                                               Name:  David P. Goss
                                               Title: Vice President and
                                                      Assistant Secretary

Attest:/s/LORI A. WEBER
       --------------------------
       Name:  Lori A. Weber
       Title: Assistant Secretary



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