# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の十五 (Article 52-15) - 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: 第五十二条の十五 (Article 52-15)（銀行主要株主に係る認可の取消し等） — address `art-52-15` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の十五（銀行主要株主に係る認可の取消し等） — (Revoking the Authorization for Bank's Major Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、銀行主要株主が法令若しくは法令に基づく内閣総理大臣の処分に違反したとき又は公益を害する行為をしたときは、当該銀行主要株主に対し監督上必要な措置を命じ、又は当該銀行主要株主の第五十二条の九第一項若しくは第二項ただし書の認可を取り消すことができる。この場合において、同条第一項の認可のうち設立に係るものは、当該認可を受けて設立された会社その他の法人である銀行主要株主に対して与えられているものとみなす。 art-52-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15/par-1 If a bank's major shareholder violates laws and regulations or a disposition by the Prime Minister based on laws and regulations, or commits an act that harms the public interest, the Prime Minister may order the bank's major shareholder to take measures that are necessary for supervision, or may revoke the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) granted to the bank's major shareholder. In such a case, the authorization for incorporation referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been granted to the bank's major shareholder that is a company or other corporations that have been incorporated by obtaining the authorization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 銀行主要株主は、前項の規定により第五十二条の九第一項又は第二項ただし書の認可を取り消されたときは、内閣総理大臣が指定する期間内に銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者でなくなるよう、所要の措置を講じなければならない。 art-52-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15/par-2 If the authorization referred to in Article 52-9, paragraph (1) or in the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) is revoked pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a bank's major shareholder must take measures that is required to be taken so that the shareholder will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, within the period designated by the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-15/par-1: 第五十二条の九第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第一項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (1)), art-52-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1 - art-52-15/par-1: 第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2 - art-52-15/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十五第一項 (Article 52-15, paragraph (1)), art-52-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15/par-1 - art-52-15/par-2: 第五十二条の九第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第一項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (1)), art-52-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1 - art-52-15/par-2: 第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の十五第二項（銀行主要株主に係る認可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第五号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-5 - 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 第五十七条の六第一項第五号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-5 - 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 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-16 --- ## 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