Article 34Demand for Objection by the Creditors in the Case of Business Transfer or Acquisition
第三十四条（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等）
If a resolution at a shareholders meeting is passed for a business transfer or acquisition to which a bank is party which involves all of a business (or a board of directors' resolution or a decision of the executive officers, if the bank's acquisition of all of the business is to be made without the resolution referred to in Article 467, paragraph (1) (Approval for the Assignment of Business) of the Companies Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 468 (Cases where Approval for the Assignment of Business Is Not Required) of that Act), within two weeks after the day of the resolution or decision, the bank must issue public notice in the Official Gazette that gives an overview of the resolution or the decision and indicate that a creditor who has an objection to the transfer or acquisition of all of the business is required to state the objection within a fixed period of time, and must issue a demand separately to each known creditor other than a depositor, etc. or a creditor specified by Cabinet Order.
銀行を当事者とする事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けについて株主総会の決議（会社法第四百六十八条（事業譲渡等の承認を要しない場合）の規定により同法第四百六十七条第一項（事業譲渡等の承認等）の決議によらずに事業の全部の譲受けを行う場合には、取締役会の決議又は執行役の決定）がされたときは、当該銀行は、当該決議又は決定の日から二週間以内に、当該決議又は決定の要旨及び当該事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けに異議のある債権者は一定の期間内に異議を述べるべき旨を官報に公告し、かつ、預金者等その他政令で定める債権者以外の知れている債権者には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。
The period referred to in the preceding paragraph must not be less than one month.
前項の期間は、一月を下つてはならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if, in addition to issuing public notice referred to in that paragraph in the Official Gazette, a bank issues public notice using a means of public notice set forth in the items of Article 57 in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of that Article, the bank is not required to issue the separate demands referred to in paragraph (1).
If a creditor does not state an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (1), it is deemed that the creditor has accepted the transfer or acquisition of all of the business.
債権者が第一項の期間内に異議を述べなかつたときは、当該債権者は、当該事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けについて承認したものとみなす。
If a creditor states an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (1), the bank must make payment or provide suitable collateral to the creditor, or must deposit suitable property with a trust company or other financial institutions engaging in trust business for the purpose of ensuring that the creditor will receive payment; provided, however, that this does not apply if the transfer or acquisition of all of the business is unlikely to harm the creditor.