# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四十九条 (Article 49) - 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: 第四十九条 (Article 49)（外国銀行支店の届出） — address `art-49` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49 - 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. --- ### 第四十九条（外国銀行支店の届出） — (Notification by Foreign Bank Branch Offices) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49 **第一項** 外国銀行支店は、当該外国銀行支店に係る外国銀行が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1 If the foreign bank with which a foreign bank branch office is affiliated falls under one of the following items, the branch office must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 資本金又は出資の額を変更したとき。 art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-1 it changes the amount of stated capital or contribution; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 商号又は本店の所在地を変更したとき。 art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-2 it changes its trade name or the location of its head office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 合併をし、会社分割により事業を承継させ、若しくは承継し、又は事業の全部若しくは重要な一部の譲渡若しくは譲受け（当該外国銀行支店のみに係るものを除く。）をしたとき。 art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-3 it merges, has its business succeeded to in a company split or succeeds to a business in a company split, or, transfers or acquires all or a material part of its business (other than a business that only involves the foreign bank branch office); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 解散（合併によるものを除く。）をし、又は銀行業の廃止をしたとき。 art-49/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-4 it is dissolved (other than a dissolution as a result of a merger) or discontinues banking; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 銀行業に係る免許（当該免許に類する許可、登録その他の行政処分を含む。）を取り消されたとき。 art-49/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-5 its banking license (including any permission, registration, or other administrative dispositions similar to the license) is revoked; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 破産手続開始の決定があつたとき。 art-49/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-6 it becomes subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** その他内閣府令で定める場合に該当するとき。 art-49/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-1/item-7 it falls under a case specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外国銀行支店は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2 If a foreign bank branch office falls under one of the following items, it must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 主たる外国銀行支店又は従たる外国銀行支店の位置の変更をしようとするとき（内閣府令で定める場合を除く。）。 art-49/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2/item-1 it seeks to change the location of the main foreign bank branch office or a secondary foreign bank branch office (excluding the case specified by Cabinet Office Order); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 従たる外国銀行支店（支店でない営業所を除く。以下この号において同じ。）を主たる外国銀行支店とし、主たる外国銀行支店を従たる外国銀行支店としようとするとき。 art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2/item-2 it seeks to make a secondary foreign bank branch office (other than a business office that is not a branch office; hereinafter the same applies in this item) the main foreign bank branch office and make the main foreign bank branch office a secondary foreign bank branch office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 外国銀行支店の事業年度の変更をしようとするとき。 art-49/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2/item-3 it seeks to change the business year of a foreign bank branch office; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他内閣府令で定める場合に該当するとき。 art-49/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2/item-4 it falls under a case specified by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-49/par-2/item-2: この号 → 銀行法 第四十九条第二項第二号 (Article 49, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-49/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第四十九条第二項第二号（外国銀行支店の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49/par-2/item-2 - 銀行法 第五十条第一項（外国銀行に対する免許の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-50/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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