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Banking Act

銀行法(ぎんこうほう)

Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 343 terms: 246 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 97 in our translation, marked as such.

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bank

銀行(ぎんこう)

A person that carries on banking (銀行業) under a licence from the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 4, paragraph (1).

第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を受けて銀行業を営む者

Article 2, paragraph (1)
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subsidiary company

子会社(こがいしゃ)

Another company in which a company holds more than 50% of the voting rights of all shareholders, etc. (総株主等の議決権); a company in which the company and its subsidiaries, or its subsidiaries alone, hold more than 50% is also treated as its subsidiary company.

会社がその総株主等の議決権の百分の五十を超える議決権を保有する他の会社

Article 2, paragraph (8)
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bank holding company

銀行持株会社(ぎんこうもちかぶがいしゃ)

A holding company (持株会社) that has a bank as its subsidiary and was established with, or has obtained, the Prime Minister's (内閣総理大臣) authorization under Article 52-17, paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (3).

銀行を子会社とする持株会社であつて、第五十二条の十七第一項の認可を受けて設立され、又は同項若しくは同条第三項ただし書の認可を受けているもの

Article 2, paragraph (13)
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designated dispute resolution organization

指定紛争解決機関(していふんそうかいけつきかん)

A person the Prime Minister has designated under Article 52-62, paragraph (1) to carry out dispute resolution services (紛争解決等業務).

第五十二条の六十二第一項の規定による指定を受けた者

Article 2, paragraph (24)
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bank agent

銀行代理業者(ぎんこうだいりぎょうしゃ)

A person that carries on bank agency services (銀行代理業) under a permission from the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 52-36, paragraph (1).

第五十二条の三十六第一項の内閣総理大臣の許可を受けて銀行代理業を営む者

Article 2, paragraph (15)
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electronic payment handling service provider

電子決済等取扱業者(でんしけっさいとうとりあつかいぎょうしゃ)

A person registered under Article 52-60-3 that carries on electronic payment handling services (電子決済等取扱業).

第五十二条の六十の三の登録を受けて電子決済等取扱業を営む者

Article 2, paragraph (18)
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electronic payment services

電子決済等代行業(でんしけっさいとうだいこうぎょう)

The business of passing on to a bank, on a depositor's behalf and through an electronic data processing system, the depositor's instructions to move funds from their account, or of obtaining a depositor's account information from the bank and providing it to them, excluding acts set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) as unlikely to harm users, such as instructions for a depositor's regular payments to a particular person.

次に掲げる行為(第一号に規定する預金者による特定の者に対する定期的な支払を目的として行う同号に掲げる行為その他の利用者の保護に欠けるおそれが少ないと認められるものとして内閣府令で定める行為を除く。)のいずれかを行う営業

Article 2, paragraph (21)
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dispute resolution procedures

紛争解決手続(ふんそうかいけつてつづき)

Procedures for resolving, without a lawsuit, a dispute relating to banking services, etc. (銀行業務等) that the parties are able to settle.

銀行業務等関連紛争(銀行業務等に関する紛争で当事者が和解をすることができるものをいう。第五十二条の六十七、第五十二条の六十八及び第五十二条の七十三から第五十二条の七十五までにおいて同じ。)について訴訟手続によらずに解決を図る手続

Article 2, paragraph (29)
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electronic payment service provider

電子決済等代行業者(でんしけっさいとうだいこうぎょうしゃ)

A person registered under Article 52-61-2 that carries on electronic payment services (電子決済等代行業).

第五十二条の六十一の二の登録を受けて電子決済等代行業を営む者

Article 2, paragraph (22)
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electronic payment handling services

電子決済等取扱業(でんしけっさいとうとりあつかいぎょう)

The business of agreeing, on a bank's entrustment and in its place, with the bank's depositors to move funds from their accounts or to credit funds received by exchange transaction (為替取引) through an electronic data processing system, and increasing or reducing their deposit claims accordingly, together with acting as intermediary in concluding deposit contracts for that bank in connection with it.

次に掲げる行為を行う営業

Article 2, paragraph (17)
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bank agency services

銀行代理業(ぎんこうだいりぎょう)

The business of acting, on behalf of a bank, as agent or intermediary in concluding contracts for accepting deposits or installment savings, etc. (定期積金等), for lending funds or discounting bills, or for exchange transactions (為替取引).

銀行のために次に掲げる行為のいずれかを行う営業

Article 2, paragraph (14)
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dispute resolution services

紛争解決等業務(ふんそうかいけつとうぎょうむ)

The work of complaint processing procedures (苦情処理手続) and dispute resolution procedures (紛争解決手続), and work incidental to it.

苦情処理手続及び紛争解決手続に係る業務並びにこれに付随する業務

Article 2, paragraph (30)
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banking

銀行業(ぎんこうぎょう)

The business of accepting deposits or installment savings (定期積金) together with lending funds or discounting bills, or of carrying out exchange transactions (為替取引).

次に掲げる行為のいずれかを行う営業

Article 2, paragraph (2)
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holding company

持株会社(もちかぶがいしゃ)

A company for which the acquisition value (or the value on its latest balance sheet) of the shares, etc. (株式等) of its domestic subsidiary companies exceeds 50% of its total assets less the assets a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, each calculated as a Cabinet Office Order sets.

子会社(国内の会社に限る。)の株式等の取得価額(最終の貸借対照表において別に付した価額があるときは、その価額)の合計額の総資産の額(内閣府令で定める方法による資産の合計金額をいう。)から内閣府令で定める資産の額(内閣府令で定めるところにより算出した額をいう。)を除いた額に対する割合が百分の五十を超える会社

Article 2, paragraph (12)
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party

当事者(とうじしゃ)

In the Chapter containing Article 52-65, a member banking service provider (加入銀行業関係業者), or a customer of one, that is a party to a matter a designated dispute resolution organization (指定紛争解決機関) handles.

Article 52-65, paragraph (2)
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member banking service provider

加入銀行業関係業者(かにゅうぎんこうぎょうかんけいぎょうしゃ)

In the Chapter containing Article 52-65, a bank or electronic payment handling service provider (銀行業関係業者) that has concluded a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures (手続実施基本契約) with a designated dispute resolution organization (指定紛争解決機関).

手続実施基本契約を締結した相手方である銀行業関係業者

Article 52-65, paragraph (2)
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principal bank

所属銀行(しょぞくぎんこう)

The bank for which a bank agent (銀行代理業者) acts as agent or intermediary, and which accepts the deposits or installment savings, etc., lends the funds or discounts the bills, or carries out the funds transfer under the contracts so concluded.

銀行代理業者が行う第十四項各号に掲げる行為により、同項各号に規定する契約において同項各号の預金若しくは定期積金等の受入れ、資金の貸付け若しくは手形の割引又は為替取引を行う銀行

Article 2, paragraph (16)
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new Act

新法(しんぽう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of this Act (Act No. 59 of 1981), the Banking Act as amended by this Act, that is, this Act itself.

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foreign bank

外国銀行(がいこくぎんこう)

A person that carries on banking business in a foreign country under foreign laws and regulations, other than a bank, etc. (銀行等) as defined in Article 4, paragraph (5).

Article 10, paragraph (2), item (viii)
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major shareholder threshold

主要株主基準値(しゅようかぶぬしきじゅんち)

The threshold for being a major shareholder: 20% of the voting rights of all shareholders of a company, or 15% where the holder meets requirements a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets as facts from which a material influence on the company's financial and business policy decisions can be presumed.

総株主の議決権の百分の二十(会社の財務及び営業の方針の決定に対して重要な影響を与えることが推測される事実が存在するものとして内閣府令で定める要件に該当する者が当該会社の議決権の保有者である場合にあつては、百分の十五)

Article 2, paragraph (9)
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certified association of electronic payment service providers

認定電子決済等代行事業者協会(にんていでんしけっさいとうだいこうじぎょうしゃきょうかい)

A general incorporated association (一般社団法人) set up by electronic payment service providers (電子決済等代行業者) that the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) has certified under Article 52-61-19 to carry out work such as guiding its members, making rules for them and handling users' complaints.

第五十二条の六十一の十九の規定による認定を受けた一般社団法人

Article 2, paragraph (23)
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certified association of electronic payment handling service providers

認定電子決済等取扱事業者協会(にんていでんしけっさいとうとりあつかいじぎょうしゃきょうかい)

A general incorporated association (一般社団法人) set up by electronic payment handling service providers (電子決済等取扱業者) that the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) has certified under Article 52-60-25 to carry out work such as guiding its members, making rules for them and handling customers' complaints.

第五十二条の六十の二十五の規定による認定を受けた一般社団法人

Article 2, paragraph (20)
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dispute related to banking services, etc.

銀行業務等関連紛争(ぎんこうぎょうむとうかんれんふんそう)

A dispute about banking services, etc. (銀行業務等) that the parties are able to settle between themselves (和解), used in the definition of dispute resolution procedures and in Articles 52-67, 52-68 and 52-73 to 52-75.

銀行業務等に関する紛争で当事者が和解をすることができるもの

Article 2, paragraph (29)
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effective date

施行日(しこうび)

The date this Act (Act No. 59 of 1981) itself comes into effect.

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foreign bank branch office

外国銀行支店(がいこくぎんこうしてん)

In the Chapter containing Article 47, a licensed foreign bank's main foreign bank branch office (主たる外国銀行支店) and its other branches and business offices in Japan, taken together; they are treated as one bank for applying this Act, except for the provisions Article 47, paragraph (2) lists.

Article 47, paragraph (2)
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company eligible to be a subsidiary company

子会社対象会社(こがいしゃたいしょうがいしゃ)

In Article 16-2 and Article 16-3, paragraph (1), the companies a bank may have as subsidiary companies (子会社), listed in the items of Article 16-2, paragraph (1), such as other banks and long-term credit banks, securities, insurance and trust companies of the kinds listed, foreign companies in those businesses, and companies carrying on dependent or finance-related services (従属業務, 金融関連業務).

Article 16-2, paragraph (1)
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company eligible to be a subsidiary company

子会社対象会社(こがいしゃたいしょうがいしゃ)

In Article 52-23 and Article 52-23-2, paragraph (2), the companies other than banks that a bank holding company (銀行持株会社) may have as subsidiary companies (子会社), listed in the items of Article 52-23, paragraph (1), such as long-term credit banks, securities, insurance and trust companies of the kinds listed, foreign companies in those businesses, and companies carrying on dependent or finance-related services.

Article 52-23, paragraph (1)
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bank's major shareholder

銀行主要株主(ぎんこうしゅようかぶぬし)

A person holding voting rights in a bank at or above the major shareholder threshold (主要株主基準値: 20 percent of the total shareholder voting rights, or 15 percent for a holder meeting conditions set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令)), counting rights held in another's name, that was established with, or has obtained, the Prime Minister's (内閣総理大臣) authorization under Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or the proviso to paragraph (2).

銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者(他人(仮設人を含む。)の名義をもつて保有する者を含む。以下同じ。)であつて、第五十二条の九第一項の認可を受けて設立され、又は同項若しくは同条第二項ただし書の認可を受けているもの

Article 2, paragraph (10)
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foreign bank agency services

外国銀行代理業務(がいこくぎんこうだいりぎょうむ)

The services in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (viii)-2: acting as agent or intermediary for a foreign bank's business, in the cases a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies; a bank needs the Prime Minister's authorization in advance for each foreign bank it contracts with.

Article 52-2, paragraph (1)
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new Banking Act

新銀行法(しんぎんこうほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 106 of 2005.

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interim period

中間事業年度(ちゅうかんじぎょうねんど)

The part of a bank's business year from 1 April to 30 September, for which the bank must prepare an interim business report (中間業務報告書) and submit it to the Prime Minister.

当該事業年度の四月一日から九月三十日までの期間

Article 19, paragraph (1)
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electronic or magnetic record

電磁的記録(でんじてききろく)

A record made in electronic, magnetic or any other form people cannot perceive directly, for use in computer processing.

電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であつて、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものとして内閣府令で定めるもの

Article 20, paragraph (3)
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association members

会員(かいいん)

In the Section containing Article 52-61-19 and in Article 63-3, item (v), an electronic payment service provider (電子決済等代行業者) that is a member (社員) of a general incorporated association (一般社団法人) certified, or seeking certification, under Article 52-61-19, whose articles of incorporation must provide for such members.

Article 52-61-19, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures

手続実施基本契約(てつづきじっしきほんけいやく)

A contract on carrying out dispute resolution services (紛争解決等業務) concluded between a designated dispute resolution organization (指定紛争解決機関) and a banking service provider (銀行業関係業者), that is, a bank or an electronic payment handling service provider.

紛争解決等業務の実施に関し指定紛争解決機関と銀行業関係業者(銀行又は電子決済等取扱業者をいう。以下同じ。)との間で締結される契約

Article 2, paragraph (32)
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contract for specified deposit, etc.

特定預金等契約(とくていよきんとうけいやく)

A contract to accept specified deposits, etc. (特定預金等): deposits or installment savings, etc. (定期積金等) that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies as carrying a risk of loss of principal from changes in interest rates, currency values, prices on a financial instruments market or other indicators; parts of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply to a bank's conclusion of such contracts.

特定預金等(金利、通貨の価格、同法第二条第十四項に規定する金融商品市場における相場その他の指標に係る変動によりその元本について損失が生ずるおそれがある預金又は定期積金等として内閣府令で定めるものをいう。)の受入れを内容とする契約

Article 13-4, paragraph (1)
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principal foreign bank

所属外国銀行(しょぞくがいこくぎんこう)

A foreign bank that has contracted with a bank to entrust it with foreign bank agency services (外国銀行代理業務); the bank needs the Prime Minister's authorization in advance for each such foreign bank.

Article 52-2, paragraph (1)
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association members

会員(かいいん)

In the Section containing Article 52-60-25 and in Article 63-3, item (v), an electronic payment handling service provider (電子決済等取扱業者) that is a member (社員) of a general incorporated association (一般社団法人) certified, or seeking certification, under Article 52-60-25, whose articles of incorporation must provide for such members.

Article 52-60-25, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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depositor, etc.

預金者等(よきんしゃとう)

A depositor, or a person who pays money into installment savings (定期積金), including one who pays instalments of the kind described in Article 2, paragraph (4), as Article 2, paragraph (5) defines it.

預金者及び定期積金の積金者(前項に規定する掛金の掛金者を含む。)

Article 2, paragraph (5)
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specified bank holding company subsidiary

持株特定子会社(もちかぶとくていこがいしゃ)

A subsidiary company that a bank holding company (銀行持株会社) may have under Article 52-23-2, paragraph (1) despite Article 52-23, paragraph (1), being a company of a kind that paragraph lists, such as one engaged exclusively in services of a special subsidiary company (特例子会社対象業務); a subsidiary of the holding company's subsidiary bank does not count.

Article 52-23-2, paragraph (1)
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effective date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Act No. 106 of 2005, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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shares or equity

株式等(かぶしきとう)

Shares (株式) or equity interests (持分).

株式又は持分

Article 2, paragraph (7)
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dispute resolution mediators

紛争解決委員(ふんそうかいけついいん)

A dispute resolution mediator that a designated dispute resolution organization (指定紛争解決機関) appoints under Article 52-73, paragraph (2) when it receives a request for dispute resolution procedures (紛争解決手続).

第五十二条の七十三第二項の規定により選任された紛争解決委員

Article 52-64, paragraph (1)
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new Banking Act

新銀行法(しんぎんこうほう)

This Act as amended by Article 10 of Act No. 107 of 1998.

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installment savings, etc.

定期積金等(ていきつみきんとう)

Installment savings (定期積金), together with installments received during a set period in return for a promise to pay a fixed amount during or at the end of that period.

定期積金のほか、一定の期間を定め、その中途又は満了の時において一定の金額の給付を行うことを約して、当該期間内において受け入れる掛金

Article 2, paragraph (4)
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operational rules

業務規程(ぎょうむきてい)

The rules a designated dispute resolution organization (指定紛争解決機関) sets for carrying out its dispute resolution services (紛争解決等業務); to be designated, it must have rules that comply with laws and regulations and are sufficient to carry out those services fairly and properly.

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former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of this Act (Act No. 59 of 1981), the Banking Act as it stood before this Act amended it: the earlier Banking Act (Act No. 21 of 1927), which Article 9, paragraph (2) of those supplementary provisions names.

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total shareholder or investor voting rights

総株主等の議決権(そうかぶぬしとうのぎけつけん)

The voting rights of all shareholders or all investors (出資者) of a company, leaving out, for a stock company, votes on shares that cannot be voted on any matter at a shareholders' meeting, and counting votes on shares treated as having voting rights under Article 879, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act.

総株主又は総出資者の議決権(株式会社にあつては、株主総会において決議をすることができる事項の全部につき議決権を行使することができない株式についての議決権を除き、会社法(平成十七年法律第八十六号)第八百七十九条第三項(特別清算事件の管轄)の規定により議決権を有するものとみなされる株式についての議決権を含む。以下同じ。)

Article 2, paragraph (6)
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insurance company

保険会社(ほけんがいしゃ)

An insurance company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Insurance Business Act.

保険業法第二条第二項(定義)に規定する保険会社

Article 13-3-2, paragraph (2)
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bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company

子会社対象銀行等(こがいしゃたいしょうぎんこうとう)

In Article 16-2, Article 16-4, paragraph (4), item (i), Article 53, paragraph (1), item (iii) and Article 65, item (vi), a company listed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1), items (i) to (xi) or (xv) to (xvii), other than one engaged exclusively in dependent services (従属業務) or in services incidental or related to banking that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

Article 16-2, paragraph (4)
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foreign specified finance-related services company

外国特定金融関連業務会社(がいこくとくていきんゆうかんれんぎょうむがいしゃ)

In Article 16-2 and Article 16-3, paragraph (1), a foreign company mainly engaged in those finance-related services (金融関連業務: services incidental or related to banking, securities-related business, insurance or trust business that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies) which a Cabinet Office Order specifies, other than a company of Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (xi) (one exclusively engaged in ancillary services (従属業務) or finance-related services).

金融関連業務(第二項第二号に規定する金融関連業務をいう。第九項及び第五十二条の二十三において同じ。)のうち内閣府令で定めるものを主として営む外国の会社をいい、第一項第十一号に掲げる会社を除く

Article 16-2, paragraph (6), item (i)
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bank licensed under the former Act

旧法の免許を受けた銀行(きゅうほうのめんきょをうけたぎんこう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of this Act (Act No. 59 of 1981), a bank that Article 2 of those provisions treats as holding a license from the Minister of Finance under Article 4, paragraph (1) of this Act, because it held a license under the former Banking Act (旧法) when this Act came into effect.

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new Long-Term Credit Bank Act

新長期信用銀行法(しんちょうきしんようぎんこうほう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 106 of 2005, the Long Term Credit Bank Act as amended by Article 2 of that Act.

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entrusting bank

委託銀行(いたくぎんこう)

The bank that has entrusted an electronic payment handling service provider (電子決済等取扱業者) with the activities in Article 2, paragraph (17), item (i), and for which that provider acts as intermediary in concluding contracts to accept deposits.

Article 2, paragraph (17), item (ii)
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foreign electronic payment handling service provider

外国電子決済等取扱業者(がいこくでんしけっさいとうとりあつかいぎょうしゃ)

A person that carries on electronic payment handling services (電子決済等取扱業) in a foreign country after a registration there, under that country's equivalent of this Act, of the same kind as registration under Article 52-60-3 (or another comparable administrative disposition), or that carries on equivalent business there under that country's laws and regulations.

この法律に相当する外国の法令の規定により当該外国において第五十二条の六十の三の登録と同種類の登録(当該登録に類するその他の行政処分を含む。)を受けて電子決済等取扱業を営む者又は当該外国の法令に準拠してこれに相当する業務を営む者

Article 2, paragraph (19)
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complaint processing procedures

苦情処理手続(くじょうしょりてつづき)

Procedures for dealing with complaints about banking services, etc. (銀行業務等): the services of banks and of those acting as their agents, and the business of electronic payment handling service providers (電子決済等取扱業者).

銀行業務等関連苦情(銀行業務等に関する苦情をいう。第五十二条の六十七、第五十二条の六十八及び第五十二条の七十二において同じ。)を処理する手続

Article 2, paragraph (28)
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bank holding company group

銀行持株会社グループ(ぎんこうもちかぶがいしゃぐるーぷ)

A bank holding company and its subsidiary companies taken together.

銀行持株会社及びその子会社の集団

Article 12-2, paragraph (3), item (i)
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insurance business

保険業(ほけんぎょう)

Insurance business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Insurance Business Act.

保険業法第二条第一項に規定する保険業

Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (ix)
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electronic public notice

電子公告(でんしこうこく)

Electronic public notice as defined in Article 2, item (xxxiv) of the Companies Act: giving public notice by electronic or magnetic means, in a way set by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令), so that anyone can receive the information to be given notice of.

会社法第二条第三十四号(定義)に規定する電子公告

Article 49-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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major holder of voting rights in a bank

銀行議決権大量保有者(ぎんこうぎけつけんたいりょうほゆうしゃ)

A person holding more than 5 percent of the total shareholder voting rights of a bank or of a bank holding company, other than the national government, local governments and similar corporations set by Cabinet Order (政令).

Article 52-2-11, paragraph (1)
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maximum threshold for voting rights

基準議決権数(きじゅんぎけつけんすう)

In Articles 52-23 and 52-24, the maximum threshold for voting rights as defined in Article 52-24, paragraph (1): 15% of the voting rights of all shareholders, etc. (総株主等の議決権) of a domestic company.

同条第一項に規定する基準議決権数

Article 52-23, paragraph (1), item (xi)
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bank, etc. eligible to be a subsidiary company

子会社対象銀行等(こがいしゃたいしょうぎんこうとう)

In Article 52-23, Article 52-24, paragraph (4), item (iv), Article 53, paragraph (3), item (iv) and Article 65, item (xvii), a bank or a company listed in Article 52-23, paragraph (1), items (i) to (x) or (xiv) to (xvi), other than one engaged exclusively in the services in item (x), (a) of that paragraph or in services incidental or related to banking that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

Article 52-23, paragraph (3)
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foreign specified finance-related services company

外国特定金融関連業務会社(がいこくとくていきんゆうかんれんぎょうむがいしゃ)

In Article 52-23, a foreign company mainly engaged in those finance-related services (金融関連業務, as defined in Article 16-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)) which a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, other than a company of Article 52-23, paragraph (1), item (x) (one exclusively engaged in ancillary services or finance-related services).

金融関連業務のうち内閣府令で定めるものを主として営む外国の会社をいい、第一項第十号に掲げる会社を除く

Article 52-23, paragraph (5), item (i)
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categories of dispute resolution services

紛争解決等業務の種別(ふんそうかいけつとうぎょうむのしゅべつ)

The types of banking services (銀行業務) and electronic payment handling services (電子決済等取扱業務) to which dispute resolution services (紛争解決等業務) relate.

紛争解決等業務に係る銀行業務及び電子決済等取扱業務の種別

Article 2, paragraph (31)
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credit and contribution

信用の供与等(しんようのきょうよとう)

In Article 13, the granting of credit or making of a financial contribution (出資), including anything equivalent to either, that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies; Article 13 limits how much of it a bank may extend to any one person.

信用の供与又は出資(信用の供与又は出資に相当するものを含む。)として政令で定めるもの

Article 13, paragraph (1)
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financial instruments business operator

金融商品取引業者(きんゆうしょうひんとりひきぎょうしゃ)

A financial instruments business operator as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act: a person registered with the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 29 of that Act.

金融商品取引法第二条第九項(定義)に規定する金融商品取引業者

Article 13-3-2, paragraph (2)
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securities-related services

有価証券関連業(ゆうかしょうけんかんれんぎょう)

Securities-related services as defined in Article 28, paragraph (8) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

金融商品取引法第二十八条第八項(通則)に規定する有価証券関連業

Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)
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maximum threshold for voting rights

基準議決権数(きじゅんぎけつけんすう)

In Article 16-4 and Article 65, item (vi), 5% of the voting rights of all shareholders, etc. (総株主等の議決権) of a domestic company: the most voting rights in such a company that a bank and its subsidiary companies together may acquire or hold, subject to the exceptions Article 16-4 sets.

国内の会社の総株主等の議決権に百分の五を乗じて得た議決権の数

Article 16-4, paragraph (1)
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means of giving public notice

公告方法(こうこくほうほう)

The means by which a bank gives public notice (公告), as defined in Article 2, item (xxxiii) of the Companies Act.

会社法第二条第三十三号(定義)に規定する公告方法

Article 20, paragraph (5)
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uses electronic or magnetic means

電磁的方法(でんじてきほうほう)

A way of using an electronic data processing system or other information and communications technology, of a kind set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令).

電子情報処理組織を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法であつて内閣府令で定めるもの

Article 20, paragraph (6)
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foreign bank's agent bank

外国銀行代理銀行(がいこくぎんこうだいりぎんこう)

A bank that carries on foreign bank agency services (外国銀行代理業務) after obtaining authorization under Article 52-2, paragraph (1) or (2), or after filing a notification under paragraph (3) of that Article.

第五十二条の二第一項若しくは第二項の認可を受け、又は同条第三項の規定による届出をして外国銀行代理業務を営んでいる銀行

Article 52-2-5, paragraph (1)
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maximum threshold for voting rights

基準議決権数(きじゅんぎけつけんすう)

In Article 52-24 and Article 65, item (xvii), 15% of the voting rights of all shareholders, etc. (総株主等の議決権) of a domestic company: the most voting rights in such a company that a bank holding company (銀行持株会社) and its subsidiary companies together may acquire or hold, subject to the exceptions Article 52-24 sets.

国内の会社の総株主等の議決権に百分の十五を乗じて得た議決権の数

Article 52-24, paragraph (1)
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new Banking Act

新銀行法(しんぎんこうほう)

This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 46 of 2021.

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former Banking Act

旧銀行法(きゅうぎんこうほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 46 of 2021 amended it.

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banking services

銀行業務(ぎんこうぎょうむ)

The services a bank carries on under Articles 10 and 11 and under the Secured Bond Trust Act and other laws, together with the bank agency services (銀行代理業) carried on for that bank by those acting as its agents.

銀行が第十条及び第十一条の規定により営む業務並びに担保付社債信託法(明治三十八年法律第五十二号)その他の法律により営む業務並びに当該銀行のために銀行代理業を営む者が営む銀行代理業

Article 2, paragraph (25)
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long-term credit bank

長期信用銀行(ちょうきしんようぎんこう)

A long-term credit bank as defined in Article 2 of the Long Term Credit Bank Act (Act No. 187 of 1952): a person licensed by the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 4, paragraph (1) of that Act.

長期信用銀行法(昭和二十七年法律第百八十七号)第二条(定義)に規定する長期信用銀行

Article 4, paragraph (5)
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short-term bonds, etc.

短期社債等(たんきしゃさいとう)

In Article 10, paragraph (2), items (ii), (v)-3 and (xvi) and paragraph (6), the short-term bonds listed in paragraph (3) of that Article, such as short-term corporate bonds under the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, short-term investment corporation bonds, short-term bonds of Shinkin banks and insurance companies, specified short-term bonds and short-term Norinchukin Bank bonds.

次に掲げるもの

Article 10, paragraph (3)
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subsidiary company, etc.

子会社等(こがいしゃとう)

In Article 14-2, item (ii) and Chapters III and IV, a bank's subsidiary companies (子会社) and other companies with a special relationship to the bank that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

Article 14-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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finance-related services

金融関連業務(きんゆうかんれんぎょうむ)

Services set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) as incidental or related to banking, securities-related services (有価証券関連業), insurance business or trust business, as Article 16-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) defines them.

第二項第二号に規定する金融関連業務

Article 16-2, paragraph (6), item (i)
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business management

経営管理(けいえいかんり)

In Article 16-3, the business management of a bank group (銀行グループ), a bank and its subsidiary companies, that Article 16-3, paragraph (1) requires certain banks to perform: setting the group's basic management policy and other policies a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies and ensuring they are properly carried out, adjusting conflicts of interest between group companies, building the systems a Cabinet Office Order specifies to keep the group's business lawful, and other matters a Cabinet Office Order specifies for the group's sound and proper management.

次に掲げるもの

Article 16-3, paragraph (2)
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bank, etc.

銀行等(ぎんこうとう)

Except in Article 52-60-2, a bank or a long-term credit bank (長期信用銀行).

銀行及び長期信用銀行

Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)
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bank in liquidation

清算銀行(せいさんぎんこう)

In Article 44, paragraph (4) and Article 45, paragraphs (3), (5), (7) and (8), a bank that is being liquidated.

Article 44, paragraph (3)
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percentage of voting rights held

議決権保有割合(ぎけつけんほゆうわりあい)

In Chapter VII-3, the number of voting rights a major holder of voting rights in a bank (銀行議決権大量保有者) holds in the bank or bank holding company concerned, divided by the total shareholder voting rights of that bank or bank holding company.

銀行議決権大量保有者の保有する当該銀行議決権大量保有者がその総株主の議決権の百分の五を超える議決権の保有者である銀行又は銀行持株会社の議決権の数を、当該銀行又は当該銀行持株会社の総株主の議決権で除して得た割合

Article 52-2-11, paragraph (1), item (i)
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credit and contribution

信用の供与等(しんようのきょうよとう)

In Article 52-22, the granting of credit or making of a financial contribution (出資), including anything equivalent to either, that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies; Article 52-22 limits how much of it a bank holding company (銀行持株会社) and its subsidiary companies, etc. (子会社等) together may extend to any one person.

信用の供与又は出資(信用の供与又は出資に相当するものを含む。)として政令で定めるもの

Article 52-22, paragraph (1)
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advanced special banking services

特例銀行業高度化等業務(とくれいぎんこうぎょうこうどかとうぎょうむ)

In Article 52-23-2, Article 52-34-2, paragraph (2) and Article 65, item (xvii), the services a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies from among those a company in Article 52-23, paragraph (1), item (xiv) may carry on; a certified bank holding company (認定銀行持株会社) may have a company engaged exclusively in them as a specified bank holding company subsidiary (持株特定子会社).

同条第一項第十四号に掲げる会社が営むことができる業務のうち内閣府令で定めるもの

Article 52-23-2, paragraph (6)
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subsidiary company, etc.

子会社等(こがいしゃとう)

In the Section containing Article 52-25, a bank holding company's (銀行持株会社) subsidiary companies and other companies with a special relationship to it that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies.

Article 52-25, paragraph (1)
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activity as a bank agent

銀行代理行為(ぎんこうだいりこうい)

In Chapter VII-4, any of the acts listed in Article 2, paragraph (14): acting for a bank as agent or intermediary in concluding contracts for accepting deposits or installment savings, etc. (定期積金等), for lending funds or discounting bills, or for exchange transactions (為替取引).

Article 52-43, paragraph (1)
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bank

銀行(ぎんこう)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 107 of 1998, a bank as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act as amended by Article 10 of that Act.

新銀行法第二条第一項に規定する銀行

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electronic payment handling business

電子決済等取扱業務(でんしけっさいとうとりあつかいぎょうむ)

The business of an electronic payment handling service provider (電子決済等取扱業者) involving the acts listed in Article 2, paragraph (17): handling payments into and out of a bank's depositors' accounts on the bank's behalf, and acting as intermediary for deposit contracts in connection with that.

電子決済等取扱業者が営む第十七項各号に掲げる行為に係る業務

Article 2, paragraph (26)
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complaint related to banking services, etc.

銀行業務等関連苦情(ぎんこうぎょうむとうかんれんくじょう)

A complaint about banking services, etc. (銀行業務等), used in the definition of complaint processing procedures and in Articles 52-67, 52-68 and 52-72.

銀行業務等に関する苦情

Article 2, paragraph (28)
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banking service provider

銀行業関係業者(ぎんこうぎょうかんけいぎょうしゃ)

A bank or an electronic payment handling service provider (電子決済等取扱業者).

銀行又は電子決済等取扱業者

Article 2, paragraph (32)
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bank, etc.

銀行等(ぎんこうとう)

In Article 4, paragraph (3), a bank, a long-term credit bank (長期信用銀行) as defined in Article 2 of the Long Term Credit Bank Act (a person licensed by the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) under Article 4, paragraph (1) of that Act), or another financial institution set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令).

銀行、長期信用銀行(長期信用銀行法(昭和二十七年法律第百八十七号)第二条(定義)に規定する長期信用銀行をいう。以下同じ。)その他内閣府令で定める金融機関

Article 4, paragraph (5)
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automatic public transmission

自動公衆送信(じどうこうしゅうそうしん)

Automatically transmitting information in response to requests from members of the public so that the public receives it directly, other than broadcasting (放送) or cable broadcasting (有線放送).

公衆によつて直接受信されることを目的として公衆からの求めに応じ自動的に送信を行うことをいい、放送又は有線放送に該当するものを除く

Article 16, paragraph (2)
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trust business

信託業(しんたくぎょう)

Trust business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Trust Business Act.

信託業法第二条第一項に規定する信託業

Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (x)
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maximum threshold for voting rights

基準議決権数(きじゅんぎけつけんすう)

In Article 16-2, the maximum threshold for voting rights as defined in Article 16-4, paragraph (1): 5% of the voting rights of all shareholders, etc. (総株主等の議決権) of a domestic company.

同条第一項に規定する基準議決権数

Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (xii)
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foreign company eligible to be a subsidiary company

子会社対象外国会社(こがいしゃたいしょうがいこくがいしゃ)

In Article 16-2, a company listed in paragraph (1), items (vii) to (xi) or (xv) of that Article (for items (xi) and (xv), only a foreign company), a special holding company (特例持株会社) — a holding company with a company eligible to be a subsidiary company (子会社対象会社) as its subsidiary — or a foreign company of the same type as or similar to a holding company that has such a subsidiary.

第一項第七号から第十一号まで及び第十五号に掲げる会社(同項第十一号及び第十五号に掲げる会社にあつては、外国の会社に限る。)、持株会社(子会社対象会社を子会社としている会社に限る。第十六条の四第一項において「特例持株会社」という。)又は外国の会社であつて持株会社と同種のもの若しくは持株会社に類似するもの(子会社対象会社を子会社としているものに限り、持株会社を除く。)

Article 16-2, paragraph (6), item (i)
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interim balance sheet, etc.

中間貸借対照表等(ちゅうかんたいしゃくたいしょうひょうとう)

In Article 20, the balance sheet and profit and loss statement a bank prepares each business year for the interim period (中間事業年度, 1 April to 30 September) of that year.

Article 20, paragraph (1)
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balance sheet, etc.

貸借対照表等(たいしゃくたいしょうひょうとう)

In Article 20, the balance sheet and profit and loss statement for a whole business year that a bank must prepare each business year, as Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets.

Article 20, paragraph (1)
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merger

合併(がっぺい)

In the Chapter containing Article 30, a merger to which a bank is a party and in which the surviving or newly incorporated company is a bank, other than a merger under Article 3 of the Act on Financial Institutions' Merger and Conversion; it takes effect only with the Prime Minister's authorization.

Article 30, paragraph (1)
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document for submission

提出書類(ていしゅつしょるい)

In the Section containing Article 52-3, a notification of voting-rights holdings (銀行議決権保有届出書) or a report of changes (変更報告書).

Article 52-3, paragraph (3)
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specified holding company

特定持株会社(とくていもちかぶがいしゃ)

A company that became a holding company with a bank as its subsidiary company through an event other than the transactions or acts in Article 52-17, paragraph (1); it must notify the Prime Minister within three months after the end of the business year in which the event occurred.

Article 52-17, paragraph (2)
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