# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第十七条 (Article 17)

- Law: 銀行法 (Banking Act), 昭和五十六年法律第五十九号
- English title "Banking Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十七条 (Article 17)（事業年度） — address `art-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-17
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### 第十七条（事業年度） — (Business Year)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  銀行の事業年度は、四月一日から翌年三月三十一日までとする。
<sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-17/par-1</sup>
The business year of a bank is from April 1 to March 31 of the following year.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 銀行法 第四十七条第二項（外国銀行の免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-2
- 銀行法 附則第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-10/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 銀行法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356AC0000000059/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Banking Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4498/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11