A bank must not engage in any of the following actions in connection with its services (for services involved in entering into a contract for specified deposit, etc. prescribed in Article 13-4, excluding the action set forth in item (iv)):

①A bank must properly manage information about the services and establish a system for properly supervising the implementation status of the services and take other necessary measures pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, in order to ensure that the interests of the customers in relation to the services are not unjustly impaired regarding services (limited to the banking, bank agency services, and other services specified by Cabinet Office Order) provided by a bank, a bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank, or the subsidiary financial institution of the bank in connection with transactions conducted by the bank, the bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank, or the parent financial institution etc., or the subsidiary financial institution, etc. of the bank.

②The term "parent financial institution, etc." as used in the preceding paragraph means a bank, financial instruments business operator (meaning a financial instruments business operator as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) (Definitions) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter), insurance company (meaning an insurance company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) (Definitions) of the Insurance Business Act; the same applies hereinafter), or other persons engaged in financial services specified by Cabinet Order, which Cabinet Order prescribes as holding the majority of the total shareholder voting rights in the relevant bank or as other persons that have a close relationship with that bank.

③The term "subsidiary financial institution, etc." as used in paragraph (1) means a bank, financial instruments business operator, insurance company, or other persons engaged in financial services specified by Cabinet Order, in which Cabinet Order prescribes that the relevant bank holds the majority of the total shareholder or investor voting rights or which Cabinet Order prescribes as other persons that have a close relationship with that bank.

The provisions of Chapter III, Section 1, Subsection 5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (excluding Article 34-2, paragraphs (6) through (8) (Cases in Which a Professional Investor Is Deemed to Be a Customer Other Than a Professional Investor) and Article 34-3, paragraphs (5) and (6) (When a Customer Other than a Professional Investor Is a Corporation and That Corporation Is Deemed to Be a Professional Investor)) (Professional Investors); Section 2, Subsection 1 of that Chapter (excluding Articles 35 through 36-4 (Scope of Services for Persons Engaged in Type-I Financial Instruments Business or Investment Management Business; Scope of Concurrent Business by Persons Only Engaged in Type-II Financial Instruments Business or Investment Advisory and Agency Business; Establishment of an Operational Control System; Development of Systems to Protect the Interests of Customers, Posting Signs, etc., Prohibition on Lending One's Name, and Prohibition on Corporate Bond Management), Article 37, paragraph (1), item (ii) (Regulation of Advertising); Article 37-2 (Obligation to Clarify the Conditions of Transactions in Advance); Article 37-3, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (vi) and paragraph (3) (Provision of Information, etc. Prior to the Conclusion of a Contract); Article 37-5 (Delivery of Documents in Connection with the Receipt of a Security Deposit); Article 37-7 (Obligation to Conclude a Contract with a designated dispute resolution organization); Article 38, items (i), (ii), (vii) and (viii), Article 38-2 (Prohibited Actions); the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (3), and paragraphs (4), (6) and (7) of that Article (Prohibition on Compensation of Loss); Articles 40-2 through 40-7 (Best Execution Policy; Prohibition of Purchase and Sale If Separate Management Is Not Ensured; Prohibition of Public Offering If Money Has Been Diverted; Prohibition of Purchase and Sale If Provision of Information on the Status of the Business Subject to Investment Is Not Ensured; Prohibition of Public Offering If Information on the Status of the Business Subject to Investment Is Not Provided; Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Securities for Professional Investors, Obligation to Notify in Connection with Securities for Professional Investors, Prohibition of Trading Against Self, Obligation to Use an Electronic Data Processing System for Over-the-Counter Transactions of Derivatives)) (General Rules); and provisions of Article 45 (excluding items (iii) and (iv)) (Miscellaneous Provisions) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act apply mutatis mutandis to a bank's conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc. (meaning a contract for the acceptance of specified deposits, etc. (meaning those that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as deposits or installment savings, etc. that carry the risk of a loss of the principal due to fluctuations in the money rate, value of currencies, quotations on a financial instruments market as defined in Article 2, paragraph (14) of that Act, or any other index); the same applies hereinafter). In such a case, the term "financial instruments transaction contract" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc."; the term "financial instruments business" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "services involved in entering into a contract for specified deposit, etc."; the phrase "act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction" in these provisions (excluding the provisions of Article 34 of that Act) is deemed to be replaced with "conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc."; the phrase "contract for the financial instruments business operator, etc. to perform an act that constitutes a financial instruments transaction (meaning an act set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (8); the same applies hereinafter) with the customer as the other party or on behalf of the customer" in Article 34 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc. prescribed in Article 13-4 of the Banking Act"; the phrase "matters set forth" in Article 37-3, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "matters set forth and, to contribute to the protection of depositors, etc. (meaning depositors, etc. as defined in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Banking Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the content of the relevant contract for specified deposit, etc. and other matters that should serve as a reference for depositors, etc. (referred to as "reference matters, etc." in the following paragraph)"; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the phrase "excluding the matters set forth in items (v) and (vi) of that paragraph and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order)" is deemed to be replaced with "excluding the matters set forth in items (v) and (vi) of that paragraph and other matters specified by Cabinet Office Order) and the reference matters, etc."; in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "the relevant matters" is deemed to be replaced with "these matters"; in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities (excluding a purchase and sale with a repurchase requirement and a predetermined repurchase price, and other transactions specified by Cabinet Order) or a derivatives transaction (hereinafter referred to as a 'purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc.' in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "securities or derivatives transaction (hereinafter referred to as 'securities, etc.' in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "customer (if a trust company, etc. (meaning a trust company or a financial institution that has obtained the authorization referred to in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions; the same applies hereinafter) conducts the purchase and sale of securities or a derivatives transaction on the account of a person that establishes a trust based on a trust contract, this includes the person that establishes the trust; hereinafter the same applies in this Article)" is deemed to be replaced with "customer", and the term "to supplement its profits" is deemed to be replaced with "to supplement its profits, other than as under the contract for specified deposit, etc."; in Article 39, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc." and the term "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc., other than as under the contract for specified deposit, etc."; in item (iii) of that paragraph, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc.", the term "securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "contract for specified deposit, etc." and the term "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "in order to add to the profit that the customer has accrued in connection with those securities, etc., other than as under the contract for specified deposit, etc."; in paragraph (2) of that Article, the term "a purchase and sale or other transaction of securities, etc." is deemed to be replaced with "the conclusion of a contract for specified deposit, etc."; in paragraph (3) of that Article, the term "which is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a potential cause of" is deemed to be replaced with "which is a potential cause of"; in Article 45, item (ii) of that Act, the phrase "Articles 37-2 through 37-6; Article 40-2, paragraph (4); and Article 43-4" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 37-3 (limited to the part related to paragraph (1), item (i), items (iii) through (v) and item (vii), and excluding paragraph (3)); Article 37-4; and Article 37-6"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

①A bank must not grant credit to the director or executive officer of the bank under terms and conditions that are disadvantageous to the bank in light of the normal terms and conditions under which the bank grants credit.

②In applying the provisions of Article 369, paragraph (1) (Resolution of Board of Directors Meetings) of the Companies Act to the approval by the board of directors under Article 356, paragraph (1) (Restrictions on Competition and Conflicting Interest Transactions) of that Act as applied following the deemed replacement of the terms pursuant to Article 365, paragraph (1) (Restrictions on Competition and Transactions with Companies with Board of Directors) of that Act and to the approval by the board of directors under Article 356, paragraph (1) of that Act as applied mutates mutandis pursuant to Article 419, paragraph (2) (Executive Officer's Duty to Report to Audit Committee Members) of that Act when a bank director or executive officer is granted credit by that bank, the term "the majority (when a higher percentage is specified in the articles of incorporation, percentage higher than that percentage)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "at least a two-thirds majority (when a higher percentage is specified in the articles of incorporation, that percentage)".

In order to contribute to the sound management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may establish the following criteria and other criteria as the criteria for a bank to use in determining the soundness of its management:

①A bank's non-business days are limited to Sundays and other days specified by Cabinet Order.

②A bank's business hours are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the status of financial transactions, etc.

①Except in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, if a bank temporarily suspends all or part of services at its business office due to a natural disaster or any other compelling reasons, it must immediately file a notification with the Prime Minister of that fact with the reasons attached, as well as issue public notice of that fact and post the fact at that business office, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. The same applies if a bank resumes all or part of its services at a business office where it has temporarily suspended all or part of its services.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a bank that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, has established the method set forth in item (i) of that Article as its means of giving public notice must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order and in addition to what is done pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, make the content of the posting pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph available for public inspection by automatic public transmission (meaning transmission made automatically in response to a request from the public for the purpose of being received directly by the public, excluding that which falls under broadcasting or cable broadcasting; the same applies hereinafter) conducted by connecting to a telecommunications line.

③Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the measures to make it available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are not required if a bank temporarily suspends all or part of its services at an unmanned business office, and in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the posting at the business office pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph is not required if a bank temporarily suspends part of its services at an unmanned business office or in any other case specified by Cabinet Office Order.