JOHN HANCOCK WORLD FUND
John Hancock Global Health Sciences Fund
Change of Name of a Series of Shares
The undersigned, being a majority of the Trustees of John
Hancock World Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"),
hereby amend the Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust dated June 8, 1999, as amended from time to time, to the
extent necessary to reflect the change of the name of John
Hancock Global Health Sciences Fund to John Hancock Health
Sciences Fund.
The Declaration of Trust is hereby amended to the extent
necessary to reflect the change of name of a series of shares,
effective March 1, 2000.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
instrument on the 14th day of September 1999.
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Dennis S. Aronowitz
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Gail D. Fosler
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Edward J. Boudreau, Jr.
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William F. Glavin
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Stephen L. Brown
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Anne C. Hodsdon
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Richard P. Chapman, Jr.
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John A. Moore
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William J. Cosgrove
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Patti McGill Peterson
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Douglas M. Costle
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John W. Pratt
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Leland O. Erdahl
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Richard S. Scipione
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Richard A. Farrell
The Declaration of Trust, a copy of which, together with all
amendments thereto, is on file in the office of the Secretary of
State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that no
Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust or any Series
thereof shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever to
any Person, other than to the Trust or its shareholders, in
connection with Trust Property or the affairs of the Trust, save
only that arising from bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of his/her duties with respect
to such Person; and all such Persons shall look solely to the
Trust Property, or to the Trust Property of one or more specific
Series of the Trust if the claim arises from the conduct of such
Trustee, officer, employee or agent with respect to only such
Series, for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in
connection with the affairs of the Trust.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
)ss
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
Then personally appeared the above-named Dennis S.
Aronowitz, Edward J. Boudreau, Jr., Stephen L. Brown, Richard P.
Chapman, Jr., William J. Cosgrove, Douglas M. Costle, Leland O.
Erdahl, Richard A. Farrell, Gail D. Fosler, William F. Glavin,
Anne C. Hodsdon, John A. Moore, Patti McGill Peterson, John W.
Pratt, and Richard S. Scipione, who acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his or her free act and deed, before me, this
14th day of September, 1999.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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