①If a bank falls under the provisions of Article 41, item (i) and the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister ceases to be effective, and the company that was formerly that bank has outstanding obligations such as deposits or installment savings, etc., unless it is specified by Cabinet Order, the Prime Minister may order the company to deposit its assets limited to the total amount of its obligations, or may issue orders necessary for protecting the depositors, etc. with respect to the processing of their obligations, or the management or investment of their assets, before the day on which the company completes the payment of those obligations or the last day of the ten-year period after that license ceases to be effective, whichever comes first.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis when a company other than a bank, etc. succeeds to the outstanding obligations of a bank such as deposits or installment savings, etc., through a merger or company split.

③The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) and Article 25, paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to a company to which the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are applicable.