# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の三十五 (Article 52-35) - 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: 第五十二条の三十五 (Article 52-35)（銀行持株会社に係る合併、会社分割又は事業の譲渡若しくは譲受けの認可） — address `art-52-35` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の三十五（銀行持株会社に係る合併、会社分割又は事業の譲渡若しくは譲受けの認可） — (Authorization for Merger, Company Split, or Business Transfer or Acquisition Involving Bank Holding Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35 **第一項** 銀行持株会社を全部又は一部の当事者とする合併（当該合併前に銀行持株会社であつた一の会社が当該合併後も銀行持株会社として存続するものに限る。）は、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-52-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-1 A merger in which bank holding companies are all or some of the parties (limited to a merger in which a company that was a bank holding company before the merger survives as a bank holding company after the merger) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 銀行持株会社を当事者とする会社分割（当該会社分割により事業を承継させた銀行持株会社又は当該会社分割により事業を承継した銀行持株会社が、その会社分割後も引き続き銀行持株会社であるものに限る。）は、政令で定めるものを除き、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-52-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-2 Except as specified by Cabinet Order, a company split to which a bank holding company is a party (limited to a company split in which the bank holding company that has its business succeeded to or the bank holding company that succeeds to a business continues to exist as a bank holding company after the company split) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 銀行持株会社を当事者とする事業の全部又は一部の譲渡又は譲受け（当該事業の譲渡又は譲受けをした銀行持株会社が、その譲渡又は譲受け後も引き続き銀行持株会社であるものに限る。）は、政令で定めるものを除き、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-52-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-3 Except as specified by Cabinet Order, a business transfer or acquisition in which a bank holding company transfers or acquires all or a part of its business (limited to a transfer or acquisition in which the bank holding company that transfers or acquires the business continues to exist as a bank holding company even after the transfer or acquisition) does not become effective without the authorization by the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第五十二条の十八第一項の規定は、前三項の認可の申請があつた場合について準用する。 art-52-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-4 The provisions of Article 52-18, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis when an application for the authorization referred to in one of the preceding three paragraphs is filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-35/par-4: 第五十二条の十八第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十八第一項 (Article 52-18, paragraph (1)), art-52-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-18/par-1 - art-52-35/par-4: 前三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十五第一項 (Article 52-35, paragraph (1)), art-52-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-1 - art-52-35/par-4: 前三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十五第二項 (Article 52-35, paragraph (2)), art-52-35/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-2 - art-52-35/par-4: 前三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十五第三項 (Article 52-35, paragraph (3)), art-52-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十三第三項（銀行持株会社の子会社の範囲等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-23/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十四第四項第五号（銀行持株会社等による議決権の取得等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-24/par-4/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-24/par-4/item-5 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十四第四項第六号（銀行持株会社等による議決権の取得等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-24/par-4/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-24/par-4/item-6 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十四第四項第七号（銀行持株会社等による議決権の取得等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-24/par-4/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-24/par-4/item-7 - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十五第四項（銀行持株会社に係る合併、会社分割又は事業の譲渡若しくは譲受けの認可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-35/par-4 - 銀行法 第五十三条第三項第三号（届出事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-53/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-53/par-3/item-3 - 銀行法 第五十三条第三項第四号（届出事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-53/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-53/par-3/item-4 - 銀行法 第五十七条の六第一項第二号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-2 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第二十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-20 --- ## 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