# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等） — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等） — (Demand for Objection by the Creditors in the Case of Business Transfer or Acquisition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34 **第一項** 銀行を当事者とする事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けについて株主総会の決議（会社法第四百六十八条（事業譲渡等の承認を要しない場合）の規定により同法第四百六十七条第一項（事業譲渡等の承認等）の決議によらずに事業の全部の譲受けを行う場合には、取締役会の決議又は執行役の決定）がされたときは、当該銀行は、当該決議又は決定の日から二週間以内に、当該決議又は決定の要旨及び当該事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けに異議のある債権者は一定の期間内に異議を述べるべき旨を官報に公告し、かつ、預金者等その他政令で定める債権者以外の知れている債権者には、各別にこれを催告しなければならない。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-1 If a resolution at a shareholders meeting is passed for a business transfer or acquisition to which a bank is party which involves all of a business (or a board of directors' resolution or a decision of the executive officers, if the bank's acquisition of all of the business is to be made without the resolution referred to in Article 467, paragraph (1) (Approval for the Assignment of Business) of the Companies Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 468 (Cases where Approval for the Assignment of Business Is Not Required) of that Act), within two weeks after the day of the resolution or decision, the bank must issue public notice in the Official Gazette that gives an overview of the resolution or the decision and indicate that a creditor who has an objection to the transfer or acquisition of all of the business is required to state the objection within a fixed period of time, and must issue a demand separately to each known creditor other than a depositor, etc. or a creditor specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の期間は、一月を下つてはならない。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-2 The period referred to in the preceding paragraph must not be less than one month. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、銀行が、同項の規定による公告を、官報のほか、第五十七条の規定による定款の定めに従い、同条各号に掲げる公告方法によりするときは、同項の各別の催告は、することを要しない。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if, in addition to issuing public notice referred to in that paragraph in the Official Gazette, a bank issues public notice using a means of public notice set forth in the items of Article 57 in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of that Article, the bank is not required to issue the separate demands referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 債権者が第一項の期間内に異議を述べなかつたときは、当該債権者は、当該事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けについて承認したものとみなす。 art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-4 If a creditor does not state an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (1), it is deemed that the creditor has accepted the transfer or acquisition of all of the business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 債権者が第一項の期間内に異議を述べたときは、当該銀行は、弁済し、又は相当の担保を提供し、若しくは当該債権者に弁済を受けさせることを目的として信託会社若しくは信託業務を営む他の金融機関に相当の財産を信託しなければならない。ただし、当該事業の全部の譲渡又は譲受けをしても当該債権者を害するおそれがないときは、この限りでない。 art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-5 If a creditor states an objection within the period referred to in paragraph (1), the bank must make payment or provide suitable collateral to the creditor, or must deposit suitable property with a trust company or other financial institutions engaging in trust business for the purpose of ensuring that the creditor will receive payment; provided, however, that this does not apply if the transfer or acquisition of all of the business is unlikely to harm the creditor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-34/par-1: 会社法第四百六十八条 → 会社法 第四百六十八条 (Article 468), art-468 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-468 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-468 - art-34/par-1: 同法第四百六十七条第一項 → 会社法 第四百六十七条第一項 (Article 467, paragraph (1)), art-467/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-467/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-467/par-1 - art-34/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-3: 第五十七条 → 銀行法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57 - art-34/par-4: 第一項 → 銀行法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-1 - art-34/par-5: 第一項 → 銀行法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第三十四条第二項（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-2 - 銀行法 第三十四条第三項（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-3 - 銀行法 第三十四条第四項（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-4 - 銀行法 第三十四条第五項（事業の譲渡又は譲受けの場合の債権者の異議の催告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-34/par-5 - 銀行法 第三十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-35/par-3 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-4 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-11 - 銀行法 附則第十四条第一項（営業等の譲渡又は譲受けに伴う手続に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-14/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