NAME OF REGISTRANT
TEMPLETON EMERGING MARKETS FUND
File No. 811-04985

EXHIBIT ITEM:  Copies of any material amendments to the
registrant's charter or by-laws

Amendment Dated October 23, 2018 to the By-Laws of
Templeton Emerging Markets Funds Dated May  13, 2004



WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 2 of the By-Laws provides
that the By-Laws may be amended by the Board  of Trustees; and

WHEREAS, by resolution dated October 23, 2018, the Board
authorized  the By-Laws to be amended  as set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, the By-Laws are hereby amended as follows:

The first sentence of the second paragraph  of Article II,
Section  5 is replaced  in  its entirety as   follows:

When  any Shareholders'  meeting  is adjourned to another
time or place, notice need not be given    of the adjourned
meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the
meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless after the
adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, or unless the adjournment is for more than
one hundred  twenty  (120) days after the date  of the
original meeting, in which case, notice  shall be given to
each  Shareholder  ofrecord  entitled to vote at the adjourned
meeting in accordance with the provisions  of Sections 3 and 4
of this  Article II.

Adopted  and approved  as of October 23, 2018
pursuant  to authority delegated  by the  Board.


/s/ Lori Weber

Lori A. Weber
Vice President & Secretary