# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四十三条 (Article 43)

- 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: 第四十三条 (Article 43)（他業会社への転移等） — address `art-43`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43
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### 第四十三条（他業会社への転移等） — (Conversion into a Non-Banking Company)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43</sup>

**第一項**  銀行が第四十一条第一号の規定に該当して第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許が効力を失つた場合において、当該銀行であつた会社に従前の預金又は定期積金等の債務が残存するときは、政令で定める場合を除き、内閣総理大臣は、当該会社が当該債務を完済する日又は当該免許が効力を失つた日以後十年を経過する日のいずれか早い日まで、当該会社に対し、当該債務の総額を限度として財産の供託を命じ、又は預金者等の保護を図るため当該債務の処理若しくは資産の管理若しくは運用に関し必要な命令をすることができる。
<sup>art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-1</sup>
If a bank falls under the provisions of Article 41, item (i) and the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister ceases to be effective, and the company that was formerly that bank has outstanding obligations such as deposits or installment savings, etc., unless it is specified by Cabinet Order, the Prime Minister may order the company to deposit its assets limited to the total amount of its obligations, or may issue orders necessary for protecting the depositors, etc. with respect to the processing of their obligations, or the management or investment of their assets, before the day on which the company completes the payment of those obligations or the last day of the ten-year period after that license ceases to be effective, whichever comes first.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、銀行等以外の会社が合併又は会社分割により銀行の預金又は定期積金等の債務を承継した場合について準用する。
<sup>art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis when a company other than a bank, etc. succeeds to the outstanding obligations of a bank such as deposits or installment savings, etc., through a merger or company split.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第二十四条第一項並びに第二十五条第一項、第三項及び第四項の規定は、前二項の規定の適用を受ける会社について準用する。
<sup>art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) and Article 25, paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to a company to which the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are applicable.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-43/par-1: 第四十一条第一号 → 銀行法 第四十一条第一項第一号 (Article 41, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-41/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-41/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-41/par-1/item-1
- art-43/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-43/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-1
- art-43/par-3: 第二十四条第一項 → 銀行法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-24/par-1
- art-43/par-3: 第二十五条第一項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-1
- art-43/par-3: 第三項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第三項 (Article 25, paragraph (3)), art-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-3
- art-43/par-3: 第四項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第四項 (Article 25, paragraph (4)), art-25/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-4
- art-43/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-1
- art-43/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 第四十三条第二項（他業会社への転移等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-2
- 銀行法 第四十三条第三項（他業会社への転移等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-3
- 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 第六十三条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-2
- 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-3
- 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-4
- 銀行法 附則第十八条第一項（他業会社への転移等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-18/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
