A foreign bank must establish a single branch office that serves as the base of operations of the foreign bank's banking in Japan (hereinafter referred to as the "main foreign bank branch office" in this Chapter) and obtain the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) to be granted by the Prime Minister under Article 4, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, if the foreign bank seeks to engage in banking in Japan.
Once a foreign bank obtains the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the main foreign bank branch office, other branch offices and business offices of that foreign bank in Japan (hereinafter referred to as a "secondary foreign bank branch office" in this Chapter) (hereinafter collectively referred to as "foreign bank branch office" in this Chapter) are deemed to be a single bank, the foreign bank's representative in Japan is deemed to be the director of the foreign bank branch office that is deemed to be a single bank, and the provisions of this Act apply; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 4-2, Article 5, Article 6, Article 7-2, paragraph (4), Article 7-3, Article 8, Article 12-2, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 14, paragraph (2), Chapter II-2, Article 17, Article 18, Article 19, paragraph (2), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, paragraph (2), Article 22, Article 23, Article 24, paragraphs (2) and (3) (limited to the parts of these provisions related to subsidiary corporation, etc.), Article 25, paragraphs (2) and (5) (limited to the parts of these provisions related to subsidiary corporation, etc.), Article 30, paragraphs (1) and (2), Articles 32 through 33-2, Article 36 (limited to the part related to company splits), Article 37, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii), Article 39, Article 40, Article 41, item (ii) (limited to the part related to company splits) and item (iii), Article 43, Article 44, Chapter VII-3, Article 53, paragraph (1) (excluding items (i), (v), and (viii)), and paragraphs (2), (3), and (7), Article 55, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 56, items (v) through (ix), Article 57, and Article 57-2, paragraph (2), are excluded from the application.
前項の規定により外国銀行が第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を受けたときは、その主たる外国銀行支店及び当該外国銀行の日本における他の支店その他の営業所（以下この章において「従たる外国銀行支店」という。）（以下この章において「外国銀行支店」と総称する。）を一の銀行とみなし、当該外国銀行の日本における代表者を当該一の銀行とみなされた外国銀行支店の取締役とみなして、この法律の規定を適用する。ただし、第四条の二、第五条、第六条、第七条の二第四項、第七条の三、第八条、第十二条の二第三項、第十三条第二項及び第四項、第十四条第二項、第二章の二、第十七条、第十八条、第十九条第二項、第二十条第二項、第二十一条第二項、第二十二条、第二十三条、第二十四条第二項及び第三項（これらの規定中子法人等に係る部分に限る。）、第二十五条第二項及び第五項（これらの規定中子法人等に係る部分に限る。）、第三十条第一項及び第二項、第三十二条から第三十三条の二まで、第三十六条（会社分割に係る部分に限る。）、第三十七条第一項第二号及び第三号、第三十九条、第四十条、第四十一条第二号（会社分割に係る部分に限る。）及び第三号、第四十三条、第四十四条、第七章の三、第五十三条第一項（第一号、第五号及び第八号を除く。）、第二項、第三項及び第七項、第五十五条第二項及び第三項、第五十六条第五号から第九号まで、第五十七条並びに第五十七条の二第二項の規定を除く。
In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, in applying the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2) (limited to the part related to item (viii)-2) and the provisions of the following Chapter, and the provisions of Chapters IX and X related to those provisions, the main business office of the foreign bank with which a foreign bank branch office is affiliated, and its branch offices and other business offices in the foreign country (hereinafter collectively referred to as a "business office in the home country of a foreign bank") are deemed to be a single foreign bank; the foreign bank branch office's intermediation of transactions between the business offices in the home country of the foreign bank with which the foreign bank branch office is affiliated and its customer (limited to acting as the intermediary or agent specified by Cabinet Office Order as equivalent to acting as the intermediary or agent for the services of a foreign bank) is deemed to be intermediation of the services of the single foreign bank; and the business offices in the home country which are involved in the foreign bank branch office's intermediation of the transactions are deemed to be the other party to a contract indicating that the foreign bank branch office is entrusted with acting as an intermediary for the services of that single foreign bank.
前項の場合において、第十条第二項（第八号の二に係る部分に限る。）及び次章の規定並びにこれらの規定に係る第九章及び第十章の規定の適用については、外国銀行支店に係る外国銀行の主たる営業所及びその外国における支店その他の営業所（以下この項において「外国銀行外国営業所」と総称する。）は、一の外国銀行とみなし、当該外国銀行支店が行う当該外国銀行支店に係る外国銀行の外国銀行外国営業所とその顧客の取引の仲介（外国銀行の業務の代理又は媒介に相当するものとして内閣府令で定めるものに限る。）は、当該一の外国銀行の業務の媒介とみなし、当該取引の仲介に係る外国銀行外国営業所は、当該外国銀行支店が当該一の外国銀行の業務の媒介の委託を受ける旨の契約の相手方とみなす。
The special provisions for a foreign bank on the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister, the technical replacement of terms when the provisions of this Act are applied to a foreign bank branch office, and any other particulars necessary in applying the provisions of this Act to a foreign bank branch office, are specified by Cabinet Order.