Section 2 Special Provisions on Bank's Major Shareholders
第二節 銀行主要株主に係る特例
Subsection 1 General Rules
第一款 通則
Article 52-9Authorization to be Obtained by Bank's Major Shareholders
第五十二条の九（銀行主要株主に係る認可等）
A person that seeks to become the holder of a number of voting rights in a single bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, or to incorporate a company or other corporations that is the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold (other than the national government, etc., a company that seeks to become a holding company prescribed in Article 52-17, paragraph (1), a person prescribed in that paragraph, and a bank holding company that seeks to make a bank its subsidiary company) through one of the following transactions or actions, must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister in advance:
acquisition of voting rights in a bank by a person that seeks to become the holder of the voting rights (excluding acquisition of shares due to enforcement of a security right or any other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order);
当該議決権の保有者になろうとする者による銀行の議決権の取得（担保権の実行による株式の取得その他の内閣府令で定める事由によるものを除く。）
acquisition of the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) by a company in which the person that seeks to become the holder of the relevant voting rights holds a number of voting rights which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of that company; or
a transaction or action specified by Cabinet Order.
その他政令で定める取引又は行為
A person that has become the holder of a number of voting rights in a single bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold due to grounds other than a transaction or action set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph (other than the national government, etc., a bank holding company, or a specified holding company prescribed in Article 52-17, paragraph (2); hereinafter referred to as a "specified major shareholder" in this Article and Article 65) must take the measures required to be taken so that they will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the final day of the business year of the bank that includes the date on which the grounds arose (hereinafter referred to as the "last day of the grace period" in this paragraph and paragraph (4)); provided, however, that this does not apply if the specified major shareholder obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold even after the last day of the grace period.
前項各号に掲げる取引又は行為以外の事由により一の銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者になつた者（国等並びに銀行持株会社及び第五十二条の十七第二項に規定する特定持株会社を除く。以下この条及び第六十五条において「特定主要株主」という。）は、当該事由の生じた日の属する当該銀行の事業年度の終了の日から一年を経過する日（以下この項及び第四項において「猶予期限日」という。）までに銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者でなくなるよう、所要の措置を講じなければならない。ただし、当該特定主要株主が、猶予期限日後も引き続き銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者であることについて内閣総理大臣の認可を受けた場合は、この限りでない。
When a specified major shareholder ceases to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold through taking the measure under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the shareholder must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minster, without delay. The same applies if a specified major shareholder ceases to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold without taking that measure.
The Prime Minister may order a person that becomes the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold through a transaction or action set forth in one of the items of paragraph (1) without the authorization referred to in that paragraph, a company or other corporation that is incorporated as the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold without the authorization referred to in that paragraph, or a person that remains to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold even after the last day of the grace period without obtaining the authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (2), to take the measures required to be taken so that they will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold.
第五十二条の十
When an application is filed for the authorization referred to in paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the Prime Minister must examine whether the following criteria are met:
the person meets the following criteria, if the person filing the application for the authorization (hereinafter referred to as the "applicant" in this Article) is a company or other corporations, or, if a company or other corporations are to be incorporated under the authorization:
当該認可の申請をした者（以下この条において「申請者」という。）が会社その他の法人である場合又は当該認可を受けて会社その他の法人が設立される場合にあつては、次に掲げる基準に適合すること。
in light of the particulars of the funds for acquisition, the purpose of holding the voting rights, or any other particulars relevant to the holding of a number voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold by the applicant or by the company or other corporations that are to be incorporated by obtaining the authorization (hereinafter referred to as the "corporate applicant, etc." in this item), the sound and appropriate management of the services of the bank in which the corporate applicant, etc. is or is to become the holder of a number of voting rights which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold is unlikely to be impaired;
in light of the status of property and income and expenditures of the corporate applicant, etc. and its subsidiary companies (including a company that is to become its subsidiary company), the sound and appropriate management of the services of the bank in which the corporate applicant, etc. is or is to become the holder of a number of voting rights which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold is unlikely to be impaired; and
in light of its personnel structure, the corporate applicant, etc. has a sufficient understanding of the public nature of banks' services, and has sufficient social credibility.
in the case other than that set forth in the preceding item, the person meets the following criteria:
前号に掲げる場合以外の場合にあつては、次に掲げる基準に適合すること。
in light of the particulars of the funds for acquisition, the purpose of holding the voting rights, or any other particulars relevant to the holding of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold by the applicant, the sound and appropriate management of the services of the bank in which the applicant is or is to become the holder of a number of voting rights which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold is unlikely to be impaired;
in light of the status of property of the applicant (including the status of the applicant's income and expenditures, if the applicant is a person that conducts business), the sound and appropriate management of the services of the bank in which the applicant is or is to become the holder of a number of voting rights which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold is unlikely to be impaired; and
Subsection 2 Supervision
第二款 監督
Article 52-11Making Reports or Submitting Materials by Bank's Major Shareholders
第五十二条の十一（銀行主要株主による報告又は資料の提出）
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 ask 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 to make a report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference for the status of business or property of the bank.
Article 52-12On-Site Inspection of Bank's Major Shareholders
第五十二条の十二（銀行主要株主に対する立入検査）
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。
Article 52-13Order for Bank's Major Shareholders to Take Measures
第五十二条の十三（銀行主要株主に対する措置命令）
If a bank's major shareholder no longer satisfies the criterion set forth in any of the items of Article 52-10 (if conditions based on the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) are attached to the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) concerning the bank's major shareholder, including those conditions), the Prime Minister may order the bank's major shareholder to take measures necessary to satisfy that criterion, by indicating a due date for taking those measures.
内閣総理大臣は、銀行主要株主が第五十二条の十各号に掲げる基準（当該銀行主要株主に係る第五十二条の九第一項又は第二項ただし書の認可に第五十四条第一項の規定に基づく条件が付されている場合にあつては、当該条件を含む。）に適合しなくなつたときは、当該銀行主要株主に対し、措置を講ずべき期限を示して、当該基準に適合させるために必要な措置をとるべき旨の命令をすることができる。
Article 52-14Requesting Bank's Major Shareholders to Submit an Improvement Plan
第五十二条の十四（銀行主要株主に対する改善計画の提出の求め等）
If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services in light of the status of business or property of the bank's major shareholder (limited to a person that holds more than fifty percent of the total shareholder voting rights in the bank; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (if the bank's major shareholder is a company or other corporations, this includes the status of property of the subsidiary company of the bank's major shareholder or other companies that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank's major shareholder), the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may indicate the measures that is required to be taken and the due date for taking them to the bank's major shareholder and request the shareholder to submit an improvement plan for ensuring soundness in bank management or order the shareholder to change the improvement plan that has been submitted, or may order measures that are necessary for supervision to be taken, to the extent necessary.
内閣総理大臣は、銀行主要株主（銀行の総株主の議決権の百分の五十を超える議決権の保有者に限る。以下この条において同じ。）の業務又は財産の状況（銀行主要株主が会社その他の法人である場合にあつては、当該銀行主要株主の子会社その他の当該銀行主要株主と内閣府令で定める特殊の関係のある会社の財産の状況を含む。）に照らして、当該銀行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するため特に必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該銀行主要株主に対し、措置を講ずべき事項及び期限を示して、当該銀行の経営の健全性を確保するための改善計画の提出を求め、若しくは提出された改善計画の変更を命じ、又はその必要の限度において監督上必要な措置を命ずることができる。
If the Prime Minister issues an order under the preceding paragraph to a bank's major shareholder and finds it to be necessary in light of the implementation status of the measures under that order, the Prime Minister may order the bank in which the bank's major shareholder holds more than fifty percent of the total shareholder voting rights to take the necessary measures for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of the bank's services.
Article 52-15Revoking the Authorization for Bank's Major Shareholders
第五十二条の十五（銀行主要株主に係る認可の取消し等）
If a bank's major shareholder violates laws and regulations or a disposition by the Prime Minister based on laws and regulations, or commits an act that harms the public interest, the Prime Minister may order the bank's major shareholder to take measures that are necessary for supervision, or may revoke the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) granted to the bank's major shareholder. In such a case, the authorization for incorporation referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been granted to the bank's major shareholder that is a company or other corporations that have been incorporated by obtaining the authorization.
内閣総理大臣は、銀行主要株主が法令若しくは法令に基づく内閣総理大臣の処分に違反したとき又は公益を害する行為をしたときは、当該銀行主要株主に対し監督上必要な措置を命じ、又は当該銀行主要株主の第五十二条の九第一項若しくは第二項ただし書の認可を取り消すことができる。この場合において、同条第一項の認可のうち設立に係るものは、当該認可を受けて設立された会社その他の法人である銀行主要株主に対して与えられているものとみなす。
If the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or in the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a bank's major shareholder must take measures that is required to be taken so that the shareholder will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, within the period designated by the Prime Minister.
Subsection 3 Miscellaneous Provisions
第三款 雑則
Article 52-16Application of the Act to Bank's Foreign Major Shareholders
第五十二条の十六（外国銀行主要株主に対する法律の適用関係）
The special provisions and technical replacements of terms for applying this Act to the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold when the holder is a foreign national or foreign corporation (hereinafter referred to as a "bank's foreign major shareholder" in this Article), and other necessary matters for the application of the provisions of this Act to a bank's foreign major shareholder are specified by Cabinet Order.