# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四十二条 (Article 42)

- 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（免許の取消し等の場合のみなし銀行） — address `art-42`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-42
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-42
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### 第四十二条（免許の取消し等の場合のみなし銀行） — (Deemed Bank in the Case of Revocation of License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-42</sup>

**第一項**  銀行が第二十七条若しくは第二十八条の規定により第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を取り消された場合又は前条の規定により当該免許が効力を失つた場合においては、当該銀行であつた会社は、第三十六条、第三十八条及び第四十六条第一項の規定の適用については、なお銀行とみなす。
<sup>art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-42/par-1</sup>
If a bank has become subject to a revocation of the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 27 or Article 28, or if that license ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the company that was formerly that bank is deemed to remain a bank as concerns the application of the provisions of Article 36, Article 38, and Article 46, paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-42/par-1: 第二十七条 → 銀行法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-27
- art-42/par-1: 第二十八条 → 銀行法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-28
- art-42/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
- art-42/par-1: 前条 → 銀行法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-41
- art-42/par-1: 第三十六条 → 銀行法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-36
- art-42/par-1: 第三十八条 → 銀行法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-38
- art-42/par-1: 第四十六条第一項 → 銀行法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-46/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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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
