# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の四十二 (Article 52-42) - 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: 第五十二条の四十二 (Article 52-42)（業務の範囲） — address `art-52-42` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十二条の四十二（業務の範囲） — (Scope of Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42 **第一項** 銀行代理業者は、銀行代理業及び銀行代理業に付随する業務のほか、内閣総理大臣の承認を受けた業務を営むことができる。 art-52-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-1 In addition to bank agency services and services incidental to bank agency services, a bank agent may perform other services with the approval of the Prime Minister. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の承認の申請があつた場合には、当該申請に係る業務を営むことが銀行代理業を適正かつ確実に営むことについて支障を及ぼすおそれがあると認められるときに限り、承認しないことができる。 art-52-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-2 When an application is filed for the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister may choose not to grant the approval only for cases in which it is found that conducting the services related to the application is likely to interfere with the proper and reliable performance of bank agency services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 銀行代理業者は、第一項の規定により営む業務のほか、他の業務を営むことができない。 art-52-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-3 A bank agent may not conduct services other than those conducted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第五十二条の三十六第一項の許可の申請書に申請者が銀行代理業及び銀行代理業に付随する業務以外の業務を営む旨の記載がある場合において、当該申請者が当該許可を受けたときには、当該業務を営むことについて第一項の承認を受けたものとみなす。 art-52-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-4 If a written application for the license referred to in Article 52-36, paragraph (1) states that the applicant will conduct services other than bank agency services and services incidental to them, and the applicant obtains that license, the applicant is deemed to have obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) for those services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-42/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の四十二第一項 (Article 52-42, paragraph (1)), art-52-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-1 - art-52-42/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の四十二第一項 (Article 52-42, paragraph (1)), art-52-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-1 - art-52-42/par-4: 第五十二条の三十六第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十六第一項 (Article 52-36, paragraph (1)), art-52-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-36/par-1 - art-52-42/par-4: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の四十二第一項 (Article 52-42, paragraph (1)), art-52-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十七第一項（許可の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-37/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の四十二第二項（業務の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の四十二第三項（業務の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十二条の四十二第四項（業務の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-42/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-42/par-4 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-9 --- ## 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