# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第二十六条 (Article 26) - 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: 第二十六条 (Article 26)（業務の停止等） — address `art-26` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-26 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-26 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十六条（業務の停止等） — (Suspension of Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-26 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、銀行の業務若しくは財産又は銀行及びその子会社等の財産の状況に照らして、当該銀行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、当該銀行に対し、措置を講ずべき事項及び期限を示して、当該銀行の経営の健全性を確保するための改善計画の提出を求め、若しくは提出された改善計画の変更を命じ、又はその必要の限度において、期限を付して当該銀行の業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じ、若しくは当該銀行の財産の供託その他監督上必要な措置を命ずることができる。 art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-26/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services in light of the status of business or property of a bank or the status of property of a bank and its subsidiary companies, etc., the Prime Minister may indicate to the bank the particulars for which the bank is required to take measures and the due date for taking them, ask the bank to submit an improvement plan for ensuring sound bank management, or order the bank to change the improvement plan that has been submitted, or may order the bank to suspend all or part of its services by setting a deadline, order the bank to deposit its assets, or order other measures that are necessary for supervision, to the extent necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による命令（改善計画の提出を求めることを含む。）であつて、銀行又は銀行及びその子会社等の自己資本の充実の状況によつて必要があると認めるときにするものは、内閣府令・財務省令で定める銀行又は銀行及びその子会社等の自己資本の充実の状況に係る区分に応じ、それぞれ内閣府令・財務省令で定めるものでなければならない。 art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-26/par-2 The order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (including requesting a bank to submit an improvement plan) that is issued when it is found to be necessary in light of the adequacy of equity capital of a bank or that of a bank and its subsidiary companies, etc., must be an order specified by Cabinet Office Order or Ministry of Finance Order in accordance with the category of adequacy of equity capital of a bank or a bank and its subsidiary companies, etc. specified by Cabinet Office Order or Ministry of Finance Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-26/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第二十六条第二項（業務の停止等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-26/par-2 - 銀行法 第二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-28/par-1 - 銀行法 第三十七条第三項（廃業及び解散等の認可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-37/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第一号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-1 - 銀行法 第五十七条の五第一項第一号（財務大臣への協議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-5/par-1/item-1 - 銀行法 第五十七条の六第一項第三号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-3 - 銀行法 第六十二条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-62/par-1/item-2 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-10 - 銀行法 附則第二条第三項（銀行法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4081-94/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4081-94/art-2/par-3 --- ## 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