# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（免許の取消し等） — address `art-27` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-27 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条（免許の取消し等） — (Revocation of Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-27 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、銀行が法令、定款若しくは法令に基づく内閣総理大臣の処分に違反したとき又は公益を害する行為をしたときは、当該銀行に対し、その業務の全部若しくは一部の停止若しくは取締役、執行役、会計参与、監査役若しくは会計監査人の解任を命じ、又は第四条第一項の免許を取り消すことができる。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-27/par-1 If a bank violates laws and regulations, its articles of incorporation, or a disposition by the Prime Minister based on laws and regulations, or commits an act that harms the public interest, the Prime Minister may order the bank to suspend all or part of its services or to dismiss its director, executive officer, accounting advisor, company auditor, or accounting auditor, or may revoke the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1: 第四条第一項 → 銀行法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-4/par-1 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四十条第一項（免許の取消しによる解散） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-40/par-1 - 銀行法 第四十二条第一項（免許の取消し等の場合のみなし銀行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-42/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十一条第一項第一号（外国銀行支店の清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-1/item-1 - 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 第五十六条第一項第二号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-2 - 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 第五十七条の五第一項第二号（財務大臣への協議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-5/par-1/item-2 - 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 第五十七条の六第一項第四号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-4 - 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 附則第十一条第一項（免許の取消し等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-11/par-1 - 銀行法 附則第十六条第一項（免許の取消しによる解散等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-16/par-1 --- ## 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