Supplementary Provisions, Article 4
第四条
The provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act) concerning the establishment or discontinuation of a branch office or other business offices, or an agency of a bank (meaning a bank as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act; the same applies hereinafter) or a long-term credit bank (meaning a long-term credit bank as defined in Article 2 of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act after the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Long-Term Credit Bank Act"); the same applies hereinafter) apply to the establishment or discontinuation that takes place on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern the establishment or discontinuation that takes place before the effective date.
銀行（新銀行法第二条第一項に規定する銀行をいう。以下同じ。）又は長期信用銀行（第二条の規定による改正後の長期信用銀行法（以下「新長期信用銀行法」という。）第二条に規定する長期信用銀行をいう。以下同じ。）の支店その他の営業所又は代理店の設置又は廃止に関する新銀行法第八条第一項（新長期信用銀行法第十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日以後における設置又は廃止について適用し、施行日前における設置又は廃止については、なお従前の例による。