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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000943663-06-000298.txt : 20061004
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943663-06-000298
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS AMI
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061004
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061004

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000790500
		IRS NUMBER:				133334183
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS AMI
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04611
		FILM NUMBER:		061126906

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129688800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08536

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ABERDEEN ASIA PACIFIC INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010531

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ABERDEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010531

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST AUSTRALIA PRIME INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October
4, 2006.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">File No. 811-04611</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<U><P ALIGN="RIGHT" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
</U><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
</FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">FORM N-2</P>
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amendment No. 37</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">800 Scudders Mill Road</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Plainsboro, NJ 08536</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Registrant's telephone number, including Area Code: (800) 522-5465</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Mr.&nbsp;Christian Pittard </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">1735 Market Street, 37</FONT><FONT SIZE=1><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> Floor </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Philadelphia, PA 19103 </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Copies to:</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Sander M. Bieber, Esq.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Dechert LLP</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">1775 I Street, NW</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Washington, DC  20006</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P>If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box
.... [  ]</P>

<P>It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)</P>

<P>[  ] when declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c)</P>

<P>The following boxes should only be included and completed if the registrant is a registered closed-end management investment company or business development company which makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act and is making this filing in accordance with Rule 486 under the Securities Act.</P>

<P>[x] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">PART C</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P>Registrant's Certificate of Notice dated September 12, 2006, filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(23).</P>

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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;</B>
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 37 to its Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
District of Columbia, on the 4th day of October, 2006.  </P>

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<P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC.</P>

<U><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">    *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
</U><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Martin J. Gilbert </P>
<I><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">President and Director</P>
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<P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;By:&#9;<U>/s/ Victoria M. Szybillo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
</U><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Victoria M. Szybillo</P>
<P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;as Attorney-in-Fact for Martin J. Gilbert</P>

<P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&nbsp;</P>

<P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">* Pursuant to a power of attorney filed herewith. </P>

<P>&nbsp;</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
</B><P>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director or Officer constitutes and appoints Sander M. Bieber, David J. Harris, Wendy Fox, Jennifer O. Epstein, Victoria M. Szybillo, Karl Paulson Egbert, and Tiffany Ford, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such attorney-in-fact in such attorney-in-fact's name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all registration statements, exemptive applications, no-action letter requests and other regulatory filings made applicable to <B>ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC.</B> (the "Fund"), and any amendments, exhibits, or supplements thereto, and to file and/or withdraw the same, with all other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, a
s fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer of the Fund, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
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<P>&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Power of Attorney on the date indicated below.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<B><U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Name</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>Title</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>Date</P>
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</B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Martin J. Gilbert</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;President and Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9; &#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Martin J. Gilbert</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Christian Pittard</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;Principal Financial and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Christian Pittard&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Accounting Officer</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Anthony E. Aaronson</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Anthony E. Aaronson</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ David L. Elsum</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 13, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">David L. Elsum</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ P. Gerald Malone</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">P. Gerald Malone</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Neville J. Miles</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 20, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Neville J. Miles</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ William J. Potter</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Willam J. Potter</P>

<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Peter Sacks</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Peter D. Sacks</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Anton E. Schrafl</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Anton E. Schrafl</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ John T. Sheehy</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>September 12, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">John T. Sheehy</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></P>
<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Brian M. Sherman</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;&#9;Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>September 13, 2006</P>
</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Brian M. Sherman</P>

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<P>(a)(23)</TD>
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<P>Registrant's Certificate of Notice dated September 12, 2006</P>
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<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;<U>FIRST</U>:  Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), certifies that:</P>

<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;<U>SECOND</U>:  There has been a change to facts ascertainable outside of the charter (the "Charter") of the Corporation within the meaning of Section 2-105(b) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL") relating to the Auction Market Preferred Stock ("AMPS").</P>

<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;<U>THIRD</U>:  The change to the facts ascertainable outside of the Charter is as set forth below:  </P>
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<P>&#9;On September 12, 2006, in light of written confirmation from Standard &amp; Poor's ("S&amp;P") that the percentage of the discounted value of Eligible Portfolio Property (as defined in the Charter) that could be made up of Asian Yankee Bonds (as defined in the Charter) rated below investment grade could be increased from 10% to 25%, the Board of Directors of the Corporation determined, in accordance with its powers under Article SIXTH, Section 1(b) of the Charter, that it is in the best interests of the Corporation to modify the definition of "Asian Yankee Bonds" contained in Article SIXTH, Section 1(a) of the Charter to reflect the new limit allowed by S&amp;P.  Accordingly the term "Asian Yankee Bonds" shall now be deemed to have the definition set forth below in its entirety: </P>

<P>"Asian Yankee Bonds" means, in the case of Moody's, Yankee Bonds that are issued by<B> </B>companies<B> </B>from China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and The Philippines and such other countries as are approved in writing by Moody's from time to time, and, in the case of S&amp;P, Yankee Bonds that are (i) issued by issuers from China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and The Philippines and such other countries as are approved in writing by S&amp;P from time to time, and (ii) are subject to the following ratings limitations (which are cumulative):</P></DIR>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">All references to the defined term identified above in the Charter will henceforth be interpreted in accordance with this Board determination.  The terms of the AMPS and the rights of the beneficial owners of the AMPS are not changed by this Certificate of Notice.</P>
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<U>FOURTH</U>:&#9;This Certificate of Notice is being filed at the election of the Corporation pursuant to Section 1-207.1 of the MGCL.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><A NAME="_DV_M48"></A>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Notice to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested by its Secretary and Assistant Treasurer this <U>12th</U> day of <A NAME="_DV_M49"></A>September, 2006.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC.</FONT></TD>
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<U><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Alan
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<FONT SIZE=3><P style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">By:&#9;<U>/s/ Martin Gilbert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
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