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<DESCRIPTION>SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS
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                                                                Exhibit 3(a)

I, Jimmy D. Gambill, certify that:

      1. I have  reviewed  this report on Form N-Q of  TEMPLETON  GLOBAL  INCOME
FUND;

      2.  Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

      3. Based on my knowledge,  the schedules of  investments  included in this
report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant
as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

      4. The registrant's other certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(c)  under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940) and internal  control
over  financial  reporting  (as defined in Rule  30a-3(d)  under the  Investment
Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

      (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused such
disclosure  controls and  procedures to be designed  under our  supervision,  to
ensure that  material  information  relating to the  registrant,  including  its
consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

      (b) Designed such internal  control over  financial  reporting,  or caused
such  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  to be  designed  under  our
supervision,  to provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding  the  reliability  of
financial  reporting and the  preparation  of financial  statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

      (c) Evaluated the  effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure  controls
and  procedures  and  presented  in  this  report  our  conclusions   about  the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of a date within 90
days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

      (d)  Disclosed  in this  report  any change in the  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  registrant's  most
recent fiscal quarter that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's  internal control over financial  reporting;
and

      5. The registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed to
the registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

      (a) All significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal  control over  financial  reporting  which are  reasonably
likely  to  adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability  to  record,  process,
summarize, and report financial information; and

      (b) Any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's  internal control over
financial reporting.

January 25, 2007


S\JIMMY D. GAMBILL

Jimmy D. Gambill
Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration

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I, Galen G. Vetter, certify that:

   1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of TEMPLETON GLOBAL INCOME FUND;

   2. Based on my knowledge,  this report does not contain any untrue  statement
of a  material  fact or omit to  state a  material  fact  necessary  to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

   3. Based on my  knowledge,  the  schedules  of  investments  included in this
report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant
as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

   4. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(c)  under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940) and internal  control
over  financial  reporting  (as defined in Rule  30a-3(d)  under the  Investment
Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

   (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or  caused  such
disclosure  controls and  procedures to be designed  under our  supervision,  to
ensure that  material  information  relating to the  registrant,  including  its
consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

   (b) Designed such internal control over financial  reporting,  or caused such
internal control over financial  reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial  statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;

   (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure  controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions  about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of a date within 90 days prior to
the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

   (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's  internal control
over  financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  registrant's  most recent
fiscal  quarter  that  has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably  likely  to
materially affect, the registrant's  internal control over financial  reporting;
and

   5. The registrant's  other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
registrant's  auditors  and the audit  committee  of the  registrant's  board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

   (a) All  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal  control over  financial  reporting  which are  reasonably
likely  to  adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability  to  record,  process,
summarize, and report financial information; and

   (b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that  involves  management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's  internal control over
financial reporting.

January 25, 2007


S\GALEN G. VETTER

Galen G. Vetter
Chief Financial Officer

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