# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の十四 (Article 52-14)

- 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: 第五十二条の十四 (Article 52-14)（銀行主要株主に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — address `art-52-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五十二条の十四（銀行主要株主に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — (Requesting Bank's Major Shareholders to Submit an Improvement Plan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14</sup>

    **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、銀行主要株主（銀行の総株主の議決権の百分の五十を超える議決権の保有者に限る。以下この条において同じ。）の業務又は財産の状況（銀行主要株主が会社その他の法人である場合にあつては、当該銀行主要株主の子会社その他の当該銀行主要株主と内閣府令で定める特殊の関係のある会社の財産の状況を含む。）に照らして、当該銀行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するため特に必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該銀行主要株主に対し、措置を講ずべき事項及び期限を示して、当該銀行の経営の健全性を確保するための改善計画の提出を求め、若しくは提出された改善計画の変更を命じ、又はその必要の限度において監督上必要な措置を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-52-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14/par-1</sup>
    If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services in light of the status of business or property of the bank's major shareholder (limited to a person that holds more than fifty percent of the total shareholder voting rights in the bank; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (if the bank's major shareholder is a company or other corporations, this includes the status of property of the subsidiary company of the bank's major shareholder or other companies that has a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank's major shareholder), the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may indicate the measures that is required to be taken and the due date for taking them to the bank's major shareholder and request the shareholder to submit an improvement plan for ensuring soundness in bank management or order the shareholder to change the improvement plan that has been submitted, or may order measures that are necessary for supervision to be taken, to the extent necessary.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  内閣総理大臣は、銀行主要株主に対し前項の規定による命令をした場合において、当該命令に係る措置の実施の状況に照らして必要があると認めるときは、当該銀行主要株主がその総株主の議決権の百分の五十を超える議決権の保有者である銀行に対し、その業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するために必要な措置を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-52-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14/par-2</sup>
    If the Prime Minister issues an order under the preceding paragraph to a bank's major shareholder and finds it to be necessary in light of the implementation status of the measures under that order, the Prime Minister may order the bank in which the bank's major shareholder holds more than fifty percent of the total shareholder voting rights to take the necessary measures for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of the bank's services.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-14/par-1: この条 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十四 (Article 52-14), art-52-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14
- art-52-14/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十四第一項 (Article 52-14, paragraph (1)), art-52-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 第五十二条の十四第一項（銀行主要株主に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の十四第二項（銀行主要株主に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-14/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十七条の六第一項第三号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-3
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-10

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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
