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                      PRUDENTIAL PACIFIC GROWTH FUND, INC.

                                     BY-LAWS

                          REVISED AND RESTATED 11/18/99





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                                                   REVISED AND RESTATED 11/18/99

                      PRUDENTIAL PACIFIC GROWTH FUND, INC.
                                     By-Laws

                                   ARTICLE I.

                                  STOCKHOLDERS

     Section 1. PLACE OF MEETING. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held
at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland or at such
other place within the United States as may from time to time be designated by
the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of such meeting.

     Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be held on a date and at such hour as may from time to time be
designated by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of such meeting,
within the month ending four months after the end of the Corporation's fiscal
year, for the transaction of such business as may properly be brought before the
meeting; PROVIDED, however, that an annual meeting shall not be required to be
held in any year in which the election of directors is not required to be acted
on by stockholders under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

     Section 3. MEETINGS. Meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or
purposes, including for purposes of voting on the removal of one or more
Directors, may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a
majority of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Secretary upon
receipt of the request in writing signed by stockholders holding not less than
10% of the common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat.


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Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The
Secretary shall inform such stockholders of the reasonably estimated costs of
preparing and mailing such notice of meeting and upon payment to the Corporation
of such costs, the Secretary shall give notice stating the purpose or purposes
of the meeting as required in this Article and by-law to all stockholders
entitled to notice of such meeting. No meeting need be called upon the request
of the holders of shares entitled to cast less than a majority of all votes
entitled to be cast at such meeting to consider any matter which is
substantially the same as a matter voted upon at any meeting of stockholders
held during the preceding twelve months.

     Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. Not less than ten days' and
not more than ninety days' written or printed notice of every meeting of
stockholders, stating the time and place thereof and the general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted thereat, shall be given to each stockholder
entitled to vote thereat by leaving the same with such stockholder or at such
stockholder's residence or usual place of business or by mailing it, postage
prepaid, and addressed to such stockholder at such stockholder's address as it
appears upon the books of the Corporation. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to
be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder
as aforesaid.

     No notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting of stockholders need
be given to any stockholder who attends in person

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or by proxy or to any stockholder who, in writing executed and filed with the
records of the meeting, either before or after the holding thereof, waives such
notice.

     Section 5. RECORD DATES. The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date
not exceeding ninety days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, any
dividend payment date or any date for the allotment of rights, as a record date
for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at
such meeting or entitled to receive such dividends or rights, as the case may
be; and only stockholders of record on such date shall be entitled to notice of
and to vote at such meeting or to receive such dividends or rights, as the case
may be. In the case of a meeting of stockholders, such date shall not be less
than ten days prior to the date fixed for such meeting.

     Section 6. QUORUM, ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS. The presence in person or by
proxy of the holders of record of one-third of the shares of the common stock of
the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders except as otherwise
provided in the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be
present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a
majority of the stock present in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn
the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until stockholders owning the requisite amount of stock entitled to
vote at such meeting shall be present. At such adjourned meeting at which

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stockholders owning the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote thereat shall
be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted
at the meeting as originally notified.

     Section 7. VOTING AND INSPECTORS. At all meetings, stockholders of record
entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote for each share of common stock
standing in his/her name on the books of the Corporation (and such stockholders
of record holding fractional shares, if any, shall have proportionate voting
rights) on the date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at
such meeting, either in person or by proxy. A stockholder may sign a writing
authorizing another person to act as proxy. Signing may be accomplished by the
stockholder or the stockholder's authorized agent signing the writing or causing
the stockholder's signature to be affixed to the writing by any reasonable
means, including facsimile signature. A stockholder may authorize another person
to act as proxy by transmitting, or authorizing the transmission of, a telegram,
cablegram, datagram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person
authorized to act as proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support
service organization, or other person authorized by the person who will act as
proxy to receive the transmission.

     Section 8. CONDUCT OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. The meetings of
the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, or if
he or she is not present, by the President, or if he or she is not present,
by a Vice-President, or if none of them is present, by a Chairman to be
elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, if present, shall
act as a Secretary of such meetings, or if he or she is not present, an
Assistant Secretary shall so act; if neither the Secretary nor the Assistant
Secretary is present, then the meeting shall elect its Secretary.

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     Section 9. CONCERNING VALIDITY OF PROXIES, BALLOTS. ETC. At every meeting
of the stockholders, all proxies shall be received and taken in charge of and
all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the Secretary of the meeting, who
shall decide all questions concerning the qualification of voters, the validity
of the proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless inspectors of
election shall have been appointed by the Chairman of the meeting, in which
event such inspectors of election shall decide all such questions.

                                  ARTICLE II.

                               BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     Section 1. NUMBER AND TENURE OF OFFICE. The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors of not less
than three nor more than twelve directors, as may be determined from time to
time by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, provided that if
there is no stock outstanding the number of directors may be less than three but
not less than one. Directors need not be stockholders.

     Section 2. VACANCIES. In case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors
through death, resignation or other cause, other than an increase in the number
of directors, a majority of the remaining directors, although a majority is less
than a quorum, by an affirmative vote, may elect a successor to hold office
until the next meeting of stockholders or until his successor is chosen and
qualifies.

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     Section 3. INCREASE OR DECREASE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The Board of
Directors, by the vote of a majority of the entire Board, may increase the
number of directors and may elect directors to fill the vacancies created by any
such increase in the number of directors until the next meeting of stockholders
or until their successors are duly chosen and qualified. The Board of Directors,
by the vote of a majority of the entire Board, may likewise decrease the number
of directors to a number not less than three.

     Section 4. PLACE OF MEETING. The directors may hold their meetings, have
one or more offices, and keep the books of the Corporation, outside the State of
Maryland, at any office or offices of the Corporation or at any other place as
they may from time to time by resolution determine, or in the case of meetings,
as they may from time to time by resolution determine or as shall be specified
or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

     Section 5. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such time and on such notice as the directors may from time to
time determine.

     Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held from time to time upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the President,
the Secretary or two or more of the directors, by oral or telegraphic or written
notice duly served on or sent or mailed to each director not less than one day
before such meeting. No notice need be given to any director who attends in
person or to any director who, in writing executed and filed with the records of
the meeting either before or after the holding thereof, waives such notice. Such
notice or waiver of notice need not state the purpose or purposes of such
meeting.

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     Section 7. QUORUM. One-third of the directors then in office shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided that a quorum
shall in no case be less than two directors. If at any meeting of the Board
there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall have been obtained.
The act of the majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there
is a quorum shall be the act of the directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these
By-Laws.

     Section 8. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors may, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, appoint from the directors an
Executive Committee to consist of such number of directors (not less than three)
as the Board may from time to time determine. The Chairman of the Committee
shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors by such
affirmative vote shall have power at any time to change the members of such
Committee and may fill vacancies in the Committee by election from the
directors. When the Board of Directors is not in session, to the extent
permitted by law, the Executive Committee shall have and may exercise any or all
of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation. The Executive Committee may fix its own rules of
procedure, and may meet when and as provided by such rules or by resolution of
the Board of Directors, but in every case the presence of a majority shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum. During the absence of a member of the
Executive Committee, the remaining members may appoint a member of the Board of
Directors to act in his place.

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     Section 9. OTHER COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the whole Board, may appoint from the directors other
committees which shall in each case consist of such number of directors (not
less than two) and shall have and may exercise such powers as the Board may
determine in the resolution appointing them. A majority of all the members of
any such committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its
meetings, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide. The Board of
Directors shall have power at any time to change the members and powers of any
such committee, to fill vacancies and to discharge any such committee.

     Section 10. TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Members of the Board of Directors or a
committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a
conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation
in a meeting by these means constitutes presence in person at the meeting unless
otherwise provided by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

     Section 11. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may
be taken without a meeting, if a written consent to such action is signed by all
members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written
consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such
committee, unless otherwise provided by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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     Section 12. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. No director shall receive any stated
salary or fees from the Corporation for his services as such if such director
is, other than by reason of being such director, an interested person (as such
term is defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the Corporation or of
its investment adviser, administrator or principal underwriter. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, directors shall be entitled to receive such
compensation from the Corporation for their services as may from time to time be
voted by the Board of Directors.

     Section 13. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. No director shall continue to hold office
after the holders of record of not less than two-thirds of the Corporation's
outstanding common stock of all series have declared that that director be
removed from office either by declaration in writing filed with the
Corporation's secretary or by votes cast in person or by proxy at a meeting
called for the purpose. The directors shall promptly call a meeting of
stockholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal of any
director or directors when requested in writing to do so by the record holders
of not less than 10 percent of the Corporation's outstanding common stock of all
series.

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                                  ARTICLE III.

                                    OFFICERS

     Section 1. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. The executive officers of the Corporation
shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. These may include a Chairman of the
Board of Directors (who shall be a director) and shall include a President (who
shall be a director), one or more Vice-Presidents (the number thereof to be
determined by the Board of Directors), a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board
of Directors or the Executive Committee may also in its discretion appoint
Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers, agents and
employees, who shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board or
the Executive Committee may determine. The Board of Directors may fill any
vacancy which may occur in any office. Any two offices, except those of
President and Vice-President, may be held by the same person, but no officer
shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity,
if such instrument is required by law or these By-Laws to be executed,
acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.

     Section 2. TERM OF OFFICE. The term of office of all officers shall be one
year and until their respective successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer
may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the vote of a
majority of the whole Board of Directors.

     Section 3. POWERS AND DUTIES. The officers of the Corporation shall have
such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well
as such powers and duties as may from time to time be conferred by the Board of
Directors or the Executive Committee.


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                                  ARTICLE IV.

                                 CAPITAL STOCK

     Section 1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. Each stockholder of the Corporation
shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates for the full shares of stock
of the Corporation owned by him in such form as the Board from time to time
prescribe.

     Section 2. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Shares of the Corporation shall be
transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or
by his duly authorized attorney or legal representative, upon surrender and
cancellation of certificates, if any, for the same number of shares, duly
endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of assignment and transfer, with
such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents
may reasonably require; in the case of shares not represented by certificates,
the same or similar requirements may be imposed by the Board of Directors.

     Section 3. STOCK LEDGERS. The stock ledgers of the Corporation, containing
the names and addresses of the stockholders and the number of shares held by
them respectively, shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or,
if the Corporation employs a Transfer Agent, at the office of the Transfer Agent
of the Corporation.

     Section 4. LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors
or the Executive Committee may determine the conditions upon which a new
certificate of stock of the Corporation of any class may be issued in place of a
certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed; and may, in
its discretion, require the owner of such certificate or such owner's legal
representative to give bond, with sufficient surety, to the Corporation and each
Transfer Agent, if any, to indemnify it and each such Transfer Agent against any
and all loss or claims which may arise by reason of the issue of a new
certificate in the place of the one so lost, stolen or destroyed.


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                                   ARTICLE V.

                                 CORPORATE SEAL

     The Board of Directors may provide for a suitable corporate seal, in such
form and bearing such inscriptions as it may determine.


                                  ARTICLE VI.

                                  FISCAL YEAR

     The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors.

                                  ARTICLE VII.

                                INDEMNIFICATION

     Directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation shall not be
liable to the Corporation, any stockholder, officer, director, employee or other
person for any action or failure to act except for willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the
conduct of their office. The Corporation shall indemnify directors, officers,
employees and agents of the Corporation against judgments, fines, settlements
and expenses to the fullest extent authorized and in the manner permitted by
applicable federal and state law. The Corporation may purchase insurance to
protect itself and its directors, officers, employees and agents against
judgments, fines, settlements and expenses to the fullest extent authorized and
in the manner permitted by applicable federal and state law. Nothing contained
in this Article VII shall be construed to indemnify directors, officers,
employees and agents of the Corporation against, nor to permit the Corporation
to purchase insurance that purports to protect against, any liability to the
Corporation or any stockholder, officer, director, employee, agent or other
person to whom he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of his or her office.


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                                   ARTICLE VIII.

                                    CUSTODIAN

     Section 1. The Corporation shall have as custodian or custodians one or
more trust companies or banks of good standing, each having a capital, surplus
and undivided profits aggregating not less than fifty million dollars
($50,000,000), and, to the extent required by the Investment Company Act of
1940, the funds and securities held by the Corporation shall be kept in the
custody of one or more such custodians, provided such custodian or custodians
can be found ready and willing to act, and further provided that the Corporation
may use as subcustodians, for the purpose of holding any foreign securities and
related funds of the Corporation, such foreign banks as the Board of Directors
may approve and as shall be permitted by law.

     Section 2. The Corporation shall upon the resignation or inability to serve
of its custodian or upon change of the custodian:

          (a) in case of such resignation or inability to serve, use its best
     efforts to obtain a successor custodian;

          (b) require that the cash and securities owned by the Corporation be
     delivered directly to the successor custodian;

     and

          (c) in the event that no successor custodian can be found, submit to
     the stockholders before permitting delivery of the cash and securities
     owned by the Corporation otherwise than to a successor custodian, the
     question whether or not this Corporation shall be liquidated or shall
     function without a custodian.

                                  ARTICLE IX.

                              AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

     The By-Laws of the Corporation may be altered, amended, added to or
repealed by the stockholders or by majority vote of the entire Board of
Directors; but any such alteration, amendment, addition or repeal of the By-Laws
by action of the Board of Directors may be altered or repealed by stockholders.


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