第十一条
In addition to the services a bank performs pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, a bank may perform the following services, to the extent that this does not interfere with the performance of the services set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article:
investment advisory services as defined in Article 28, paragraph (6) (General Rules) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act;
金融商品取引法第二十八条第六項（通則）に規定する投資助言業務
services for performing the actions provided for in the items of Article 33, paragraph (2) (Prohibition on Engagement in Securities-Related Services by Financial Institutions) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for the securities or transactions set forth in the items of that paragraph (other than services performed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article);
金融商品取引法第三十三条第二項各号（金融機関の有価証券関連業の禁止等）に掲げる有価証券又は取引について、同項各号に定める行為を行う業務（前条第二項の規定により営む業務を除く。）
services related to trust affairs which are performed by the method set forth in Article 3, item (iii) (Methods of Creating Trusts) of the Trust Act (Act No. 108 of 2006); and
信託法（平成十八年法律第百八号）第三条第三号（信託の方法）に掲げる方法によつてする信託に係る事務に関する業務
services for concluding a contract for the acquisition or transfer of international cooperative emission reductions, or services for acting as the intermediary, broker, or agent for this (other than services performed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article), specified by Cabinet Office Order.
第十二条
A bank may not perform services other than those it conducts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles and those it conducts pursuant to the provisions of the Secured Bond Trust Act or other laws.
Article 12-2Provision of Information to Depositors
第十二条の二（預金者等に対する情報の提供等）
In order to contribute to the protection of depositors, etc. with regard to the acceptance of deposits or installment savings, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "deposits, etc." in this paragraph) (other than the acceptance of specified deposits, etc. as prescribed in Article 13-4), a bank must provide information on the content of contract for deposits, etc. and other information that is to serve as a reference to depositors, etc., pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, Article 13-4, and other laws, a bank must explain the material matters of its services to customers, appropriately handle customer information it acquires in the course of its services, take measures to ensure precise execution of its services in entrusting them to a third party, and take other measures to ensure sound and appropriate management of its services, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the parts concerning measures to be taken by a bank to ensure appropriate execution of its services in entrusting them to a third party) do not apply to the following cases:
if two or more companies (limited to cases in which the companies include a bank) that belong to a bank holding company group (meaning a group consisting of a bank holding company and its subsidiary companies; the same applies in this paragraph, Article 52-21, and Article 52-21-2, paragraph (1)) entrust their common services to another company that belongs to the bank holding company group (limited to cases in which the bank holding company that belongs to the bank holding company group (limited to one that carries out business management (meaning business management prescribed in Article 52-21, paragraph (4)) of the bank holding company group; the same applies in the following item) takes measures to ensure precise execution of its services pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order); or
銀行持株会社グループ（銀行持株会社及びその子会社の集団をいう。以下この項、第五十二条の二十一及び第五十二条の二十一の二第一項において同じ。）に属する二以上の会社（銀行を含む場合に限る。）が当該銀行持株会社グループに属する他の会社に当該二以上の会社に共通する業務を委託する場合（当該銀行持株会社グループに属する銀行持株会社（当該銀行持株会社グループの経営管理（第五十二条の二十一第四項に規定する経営管理をいう。）を行うものに限る。次号において同じ。）が、内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該業務の的確な遂行を確保するための措置を講ずる場合に限る。）
if two or more companies (limited to cases in which the companies include a bank) that belong to a bank holding company group entrust their common services to the bank holding company that belongs to the bank holding company group.
銀行持株会社グループに属する二以上の会社（銀行を含む場合に限る。）が当該銀行持株会社グループに属する銀行持株会社に当該二以上の会社に共通する業務を委託する場合
第十二条の三（指定銀行業務紛争解決機関との契約締結義務等）
A bank must take the measures specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items:
銀行は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める措置を講じなければならない。
if there is a designated dispute resolution organization for banking services (meaning a designated dispute resolution organization for which the type of dispute resolution services is banking services; hereinafter the same applies in this Article):measures to conclude a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures with a single designated dispute resolution organization for banking services; and
指定銀行業務紛争解決機関（指定紛争解決機関であつてその紛争解決等業務の種別が銀行業務であるものをいう。以下この条において同じ。）が存在する場合 一の指定銀行業務紛争解決機関との間で手続実施基本契約を締結する措置
if there is no designated dispute resolution organization for banking services:complaint processing measures (meaning measures for having a person set forth in Article 52-73, paragraph (3), item (iii) provide advice or guidance to the employee or any other workers engaged in the job of processing complaints from customers, or any other measures specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent to this) and dispute resolution measures (meaning measures for resolving a dispute with customers through certified dispute resolution procedures (certified dispute resolution procedures as defined in Article 2, item (iii) (Definitions) of the Act on Promotion of Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (Act No. 151 of 2004)) or any other measures specified by Cabinet Office Order as being equivalent to them), in connection with banking services.
指定銀行業務紛争解決機関が存在しない場合 銀行業務に関する苦情処理措置（顧客からの苦情の処理の業務に従事する使用人その他の従業者に対する助言若しくは指導を第五十二条の七十三第三項第三号に掲げる者に行わせること又はこれに準ずるものとして内閣府令で定める措置をいう。）及び紛争解決措置（顧客との紛争の解決を認証紛争解決手続（裁判外紛争解決手続の利用の促進に関する法律（平成十六年法律第百五十一号）第二条第三号（定義）に規定する認証紛争解決手続をいう。）により図ること又はこれに準ずるものとして内閣府令で定める措置をいう。）
If a bank takes measures to conclude a basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it must publicize the trade name or name of the designated dispute resolution organization for banking services that is the other party to the basic contract for the implementation of dispute resolution procedures.
銀行は、前項の規定により手続実施基本契約を締結する措置を講じた場合には、当該手続実施基本契約の相手方である指定銀行業務紛争解決機関の商号又は名称を公表しなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the period specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each of those items:
第一項の規定は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める期間においては、適用しない。
if the case that had fallen under the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) has come to fall under the case set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph:the period that the Prime Minister specifies as the period necessary for taking the measures specified in paragraph (1), item (ii) at the time of granting the authorization to discontinue dispute resolution services pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-83, paragraph (1) or of revoking the designation pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-84, paragraph (1);
第一項第一号に掲げる場合に該当していた場合において、同項第二号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつたとき 第五十二条の八十三第一項の規定による紛争解決等業務の廃止の認可又は第五十二条の八十四第一項の規定による指定の取消しの時に、同号に定める措置を講ずるために必要な期間として内閣総理大臣が定める期間
if the case that had fallen under the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), has been granted the authorization to discontinue the dispute resolution services of the single designated dispute resolution organization for banking services referred to in that item pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-83, paragraph (1), or the designation pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-62, paragraph (1) of the single designated dispute resolution organization for banking services referred to in that item has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-84, paragraph (1) (excluding the cases set forth in the preceding item):the period that the Prime Minister specifies as the period necessary for taking the measures specified in paragraph (1), item (i) at the time of granting the authorization or making the revocation; and
第一項第一号に掲げる場合に該当していた場合において、同号の一の指定銀行業務紛争解決機関の紛争解決等業務の廃止が第五十二条の八十三第一項の規定により認可されたとき、又は同号の一の指定銀行業務紛争解決機関の第五十二条の六十二第一項の規定による指定が第五十二条の八十四第一項の規定により取り消されたとき（前号に掲げる場合を除く。） その認可又は取消しの時に、第一項第一号に定める措置を講ずるために必要な期間として内閣総理大臣が定める期間
if the case that had fallen under the case set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) has come to fall under the case set forth in item (i) of that paragraph:the period that the Prime Minister specifies as the period necessary for taking the measures specified in item (i) of that paragraph at the time of making the designation pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-62, paragraph (1).
第一項第二号に掲げる場合に該当していた場合において、同項第一号に掲げる場合に該当することとなつたとき 第五十二条の六十二第一項の規定による指定の時に、同号に定める措置を講ずるために必要な期間として内閣総理大臣が定める期間
Article 12-4Prohibition Against Becoming a Member with Unlimited Liability
第十二条の四（無限責任社員等となることの禁止）
The amount of credit to be granted and financial contribution to be made (meaning granting of credit or making of financial contributions (including anything equivalent to grant of credit or the making of financial contribution) as specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) by a bank to one person (including any other person that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Order with that person; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must not exceed the amount arrived at by multiplying the amount of the bank's equity capital by the percentage specified by Cabinet Order for each of the category specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter the amount is referred to as the "maximum amount of credit and contribution" in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply when the total amount of credit granted and financial contribution made by a bank to one person exceeds the maximum amount of credit and contribution as a result of a merger, joint incorporation-type split (meaning an incorporation-type split in which two or more stock companies or limited liability companies jointly implement; the same applies in Article 16-4, paragraph (4), item (iv) and Article 52-22, paragraph (1)), absorption-type split, or acquisition of business by the person to which the credit is granted and financial contribution is made, or due to compelling reasons as specified by Cabinet Order, with the approval by the Prime Minister.
銀行の同一人（当該同一人と政令で定める特殊の関係のある者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）に対する信用の供与等（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をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の額は、政令で定める区分ごとに、当該銀行の自己資本の額に政令で定める率を乗じて得た額（以下この条において「信用供与等限度額」という。）を超えてはならない。ただし、信用の供与等を受けている者が合併をし、共同新設分割（二以上の株式会社又は合同会社が共同してする新設分割をいう。第十六条の四第四項第四号及び第五十二条の二十二第一項において同じ。）若しくは吸収分割をし、又は事業を譲り受けたことにより銀行の同一人に対する信用の供与等の額が信用供与等限度額を超えることとなる場合その他政令で定めるやむを得ない理由がある場合において、内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたときは、この限りでない。
If a bank has a subsidiary company (other than one specified by Cabinet Office Order) or other persons that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank (hereinafter referred to as a "subsidiary company, etc." in this Article), the total amount of credit granted and financial contribution made to one person by the bank and its subsidiary company, etc. together or by its subsidiary company, etc. must not exceed the amount arrived at by multiplying the total net amount of the equity capital of the bank and its subsidiary company, etc. by the percentage specified by Cabinet Order for each of the category specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "consolidated maximum amount of credit and contribution" in this Article). In such a case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the granting of credit and making of financial contribution in the following cases:
the granting of credit to the State or a local public entity, the granting of credit for which redemption of the principal and payment of interest are guaranteed by the government, and granting of credit and making of financial contribution specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to these; and
国及び地方公共団体に対する信用の供与、政府が元本の返済及び利息の支払について保証している信用の供与その他これらに準ずるものとして政令で定める信用の供与等
the granting of credit and making of financial contribution to a person that is found to be substantially the same as a bank that grants credit and makes financial contribution or its subsidiary company, etc., and any other granting of credit and making of financial contribution specified by Cabinet Order.
In the case referred to in paragraph (2), if the total amount of credit that has been granted and financial contribution that has been made to one person by the bank and its subsidiary company, etc. together or by its subsidiary company, etc. exceeds the consolidated maximum amount of credit and contribution, the excess amount for which credit has been granted and financial contribution has been made is deemed to be an amount of credit that has been granted and financial contribution that has been made by that bank.
第二項の場合において、銀行及びその子会社等又はその子会社等の同一人に対する信用の供与等の合計額が合算信用供与等限度額を超えることとなつたときは、その超える部分の信用の供与等の額は、当該銀行の信用の供与等の額とみなす。
Irrespective of the name used or the means used, if a bank or its subsidiary company, etc. has granted credit and has made financial contribution for the purpose of evading the application of the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) or the first sentence of paragraph (2), and a person other than the named person is the one to which the credit is substantially granted or the financial contribution is substantially made, the granting of credit or the making of financial contribution is deemed to be the credit substantially granted or financial contribution substantially made to the person to which the credit is granted or financial contribution is made by the bank or its subsidiary company, etc., and the aforementioned provisions apply.
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the amount of credit to be granted and financial contribution to be made, the amount of equity capital prescribed in paragraph (1), the maximum amount of credit and contribution, the total net amount of the equity capital prescribed in paragraph (2), the consolidated maximum amount of credit and contribution, and the particulars necessary for applying the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2).
Article 13-2Transactions with Specified Related Parties
第十三条の二（特定関係者との間の取引等）
A bank must not conduct the following transactions or actions with its specified related party (meaning a subsidiary company of the bank, the bank's major shareholder, a bank holding company that has the bank as its subsidiary company, a subsidiary company of the bank holding company (excluding the bank), or a bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank, and other persons that have a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Order with the bank; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) or with the customer of its specified related party; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is a compelling reason specified by Cabinet Office Order for the bank to conduct the transaction or the action and the bank has obtained the approval of the Prime Minister, or if the bank conducts the transaction or the action with a subsidiary company of the bank holding company (limited to one that is not a subsidiary company of any other bank or bank holding company) that has the bank in question as its subsidiary company (limited to a bank other than that bank), and this has been approved by the Prime Minister as being unlikely to damage the sound management of the bank or as satisfying other requirements specified by Cabinet Office Order:
銀行は、その特定関係者（当該銀行の子会社、当該銀行の銀行主要株主、当該銀行を子会社とする銀行持株会社、当該銀行持株会社の子会社（当該銀行を除く。）、当該銀行を所属銀行とする銀行代理業者その他の当該銀行と政令で定める特殊の関係のある者をいう。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）又はその特定関係者の顧客との間で、次に掲げる取引又は行為をしてはならない。ただし、当該取引若しくは行為をすることにつき内閣府令で定めるやむを得ない理由がある場合において、内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたとき、又は当該銀行を子会社とする銀行持株会社（他の銀行又は銀行持株会社の子会社でないものに限る。）の子会社（当該銀行以外の銀行に限る。）との間で当該取引若しくは行為を行う場合において、当該銀行の経営の健全性を損なうおそれがないことその他の内閣府令で定める要件を満たすものとして内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたときは、この限りでない。
a transaction conducted with the specified related party which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as having the terms and conditions that are disadvantageous to the bank in light of the normal terms and conditions under which the bank conducts transactions; and
a transaction or action conducted with the specified related party or with the customer of the specified related party which is equivalent to the transaction or action set forth in the preceding item, and which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as being likely to impair the sound and appropriate performance of that bank's services.