# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十一条 (Article 51) - 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: 第五十一条 (Article 51)（外国銀行支店の清算） — address `art-51` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条（外国銀行支店の清算） — (Liquidation of Foreign Bank Branch Offices) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51 **第一項** 外国銀行支店は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、日本にある財産の全部について清算をしなければならない。 art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-1 If a foreign bank branch office falls under one of the following items, it must liquidate all of its property in Japan: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第二十七条又は第二十八条の規定により当該外国銀行支店に係る外国銀行に対する第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を取り消されたとき。 art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-1/item-1 the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister for the foreign bank with which the foreign bank branch is affiliated is revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 27 or Article 28; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第四十一条第一号又は前条の規定により当該外国銀行支店に係る外国銀行に対する第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許が効力を失つたとき。 art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-1/item-2 the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister for the foreign bank with which the foreign bank branch office is affiliated ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, item (i) or the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により外国銀行支店が清算をする場合には、裁判所は、利害関係人若しくは内閣総理大臣の請求により又は職権をもつて、清算人を選任する。当該清算人の解任についても、同様とする。 art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-2 If a foreign bank branch office is liquidated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the court appoints a liquidator at the request of an interested party or the Prime Minister, or by its authority. The same applies to the dismissal of that liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 会社法第四百七十六条（清算株式会社の能力）、第二編第九章第一節第二款（清算株式会社の機関）、第四百九十二条（財産目録等の作成等）、同節第四款（債務の弁済等）、第五百八条（帳簿資料の保存）、同章第二節（第五百十条、第五百十一条及び第五百十四条を除く。）（特別清算）、第七編第三章第一節（総則）及び第三節（特別清算の手続に関する特則）並びに第九百三十八条第一項から第五項まで（特別清算に関する裁判による登記の嘱託）の規定は、その性質上許されないものを除き、第一項の規定による日本にある外国銀行支店の財産についての清算について準用する。 art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-3 The provisions of Article 476 (Capacity of Liquidating Stock Companies), Part II, Chapter IX, Section 1, Subsection 2 (Structures for Liquidating Stock Companies), Article 492 (Preparation of Inventory of Property), Subsection 4 of that Section (Performance of Obligations), Article 508 (Retention of Accounting Materials), Section 2 of that Chapter (excluding Article 510, Article 511, and Article 514) (Special Liquidations), Part VII, Chapter III, Section 1 (General Provisions) and Section 3 (Special Provisions on the Procedures of Special Liquidation), and Article 938, paragraphs (1) through (5) (Commissioning of Registration by a Juridical Decision Concerning Special Liquidation) of the Companies Act apply mutatis mutandis to the liquidation of the property of a foreign bank branch office in Japan pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), other than property to which those provisions cannot be applied due to its nature. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第四条第一項の免許を受けた外国銀行については、会社法第八百二十条（日本に住所を有する日本における代表者の退任）の規定は、適用しない。 art-51/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-4 The provisions of Article 820 (Resignation of Representatives in Japan Whose Addresses are in Japan) of the Companies Act do not apply to a foreign bank that has obtained the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 外国銀行支店に対する会社法第八百二十二条第一項（日本にある外国会社の財産についての清算）の規定の適用については、同項中「利害関係人」とあるのは、「利害関係人若しくは内閣総理大臣」とする。 art-51/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-5 In applying the provisions of Article 822, paragraph (1) (Liquidation of a Foreign Company's Assets in Japan) of the Companies Act to a foreign bank branch office, the term "interested persons" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "an interested person or the Prime Minister". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51/par-1/item-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-51/par-1/item-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-51/par-1/item-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-51/par-1/item-2: 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-51/par-1/item-2: 前条 → 銀行法 第五十条 (Article 50), art-50 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-50 - art-51/par-1/item-2: 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-51/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-1 - art-51/par-3: 会社法第四百七十六条 → 会社法 第四百七十六条 (Article 476), art-476 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-476 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-476 - art-51/par-3: 第四百九十二条 → 会社法 第四百九十二条 (Article 492), art-492 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-492 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-492 - art-51/par-3: 第五百八条 → 会社法 第五百八条 (Article 508), art-508 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-508 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-508 - art-51/par-3: 第五百十条 → 会社法 第五百十条 (Article 510), art-510 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-510 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-510 - art-51/par-3: 第五百十一条 → 会社法 第五百十一条 (Article 511), art-511 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-511 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-511 - art-51/par-3: 第五百十四条 → 会社法 第五百十四条 (Article 514), art-514 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-514 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-514 - art-51/par-3: 第九百三十八条第一項から第五項まで → 会社法 第九百三十八条第一項 (Article 938, paragraph (1)), art-938/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-1 - art-51/par-3: 第九百三十八条第一項から第五項まで → 会社法 第九百三十八条第二項 (Article 938, paragraph (2)), art-938/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-2 - art-51/par-3: 第九百三十八条第一項から第五項まで → 会社法 第九百三十八条第三項 (Article 938, paragraph (3)), art-938/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-3 - art-51/par-3: 第九百三十八条第一項から第五項まで → 会社法 第九百三十八条第四項 (Article 938, paragraph (4)), art-938/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-4 - art-51/par-3: 第九百三十八条第一項から第五項まで → 会社法 第九百三十八条第五項 (Article 938, paragraph (5)), art-938/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-938/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-938/par-5 - art-51/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-1 - art-51/par-4: 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-51/par-4: 会社法第八百二十条 → 会社法 第八百二十条 (Article 820), art-820 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-820 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-820 - art-51/par-5: 会社法第八百二十二条第一項 → 会社法 第八百二十二条第一項 (Article 822, paragraph (1)), art-822/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-822/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-822/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十一条第二項（外国銀行支店の清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十一条第三項（外国銀行支店の清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-51/par-3 --- ## 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