Article 52-35Authorization for Merger, Company Split, or Business Transfer or Acquisition Involving Bank Holding Companies
第五十二条の三十五（銀行持株会社に係る合併、会社分割又は事業の譲渡若しくは譲受けの認可）
A merger in which bank holding companies are all or some of the parties (limited to a merger in which a company that was a bank holding company before the merger survives as a bank holding company after the merger) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister.
銀行持株会社を全部又は一部の当事者とする合併（当該合併前に銀行持株会社であつた一の会社が当該合併後も銀行持株会社として存続するものに限る。）は、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
Except as specified by Cabinet Order, a company split to which a bank holding company is a party (limited to a company split in which the bank holding company that has its business succeeded to or the bank holding company that succeeds to a business continues to exist as a bank holding company after the company split) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister.
銀行持株会社を当事者とする会社分割（当該会社分割により事業を承継させた銀行持株会社又は当該会社分割により事業を承継した銀行持株会社が、その会社分割後も引き続き銀行持株会社であるものに限る。）は、政令で定めるものを除き、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
Except as specified by Cabinet Order, a business transfer or acquisition in which a bank holding company transfers or acquires all or a part of its business (limited to a transfer or acquisition in which the bank holding company that transfers or acquires the business continues to exist as a bank holding company even after the transfer or acquisition) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister.
銀行持株会社を当事者とする事業の全部又は一部の譲渡又は譲受け（当該事業の譲渡又は譲受けをした銀行持株会社が、その譲渡又は譲受け後も引き続き銀行持株会社であるものに限る。）は、政令で定めるものを除き、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
The provisions of Article 52-18, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis when an application for the authorization referred to in one of the preceding three paragraphs is filed.
第五十二条の十八第一項の規定は、前三項の認可の申請があつた場合について準用する。