If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may have relevant officials enter the office or other facilities of a bank's major shareholder that holds a number of voting rights in that bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, have those officials ask questions about the status of business or property of the bank or the bank's major shareholder, and have them inspect the books, documents, and any other articles of the bank's major shareholder.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so.
前項の場合において、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。
The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes.
第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。