# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の五十一 (Article 52-51) - 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: 第五十二条の五十一 (Article 52-51)（所属銀行の説明書類等の縦覧） — address `art-52-51` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の五十一（所属銀行の説明書類等の縦覧） — (Public Inspection of Principal Bank's Explanatory Documents) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51 **第一項** 銀行代理業者は、その所属銀行又は当該所属銀行を子会社とする銀行持株会社の事業年度ごとに、当該所属銀行が第二十条第一項及び第二項並びに第二十一条第一項及び第二項の規定により作成する書類又は当該所属銀行を子会社とする銀行持株会社が第五十二条の二十八第一項及び第五十二条の二十九第一項の規定により作成する書類を、当該所属銀行のために銀行代理業を営むすべての営業所又は事務所に備え置き、公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。 art-52-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-1 For each business year of a principal bank or of the bank holding company that has that principal bank as its subsidiary company, a bank agent must keep the documents that its principal bank prepares pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 21, paragraphs (1) and (2) or the documents that the bank holding company that has that principal bank as its subsidiary company prepares pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-28, paragraph (1) and Article 52-29, paragraph (1), at all of the business offices and other offices where the bank agent performs bank agency services for that principal bank, and make the documents available for public inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する説明書類が電磁的記録をもつて作成されているときは、銀行代理業を営むすべての営業所又は事務所において当該説明書類の内容である情報を電磁的方法により不特定多数の者が提供を受けることができる状態に置く措置として内閣府令で定めるものをとることができる。この場合においては、同項に規定する説明書類を公衆の縦覧に供したものとみなす。 art-52-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-2 If the explanatory documents provided for in the preceding paragraph have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, the bank agent may take a measure that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a measure that uses electronic or magnetic means to make the information contained in the explanatory documents available to many and unspecified persons at all of their business offices or other offices that perform bank agency services. In such a case, the bank agent is deemed to have made the explanatory documents available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項に定めるもののほか、同項の書類を公衆の縦覧に供する期間その他同項の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。 art-52-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-3 Beyond what is provided for in the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the period of time during which the documents referred to in those paragraphs are made available for public inspection and other particulars necessary for applying the provisions of those paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-51/par-1: 第二十条第一項 → 銀行法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-20/par-1 - art-52-51/par-1: 第二項 → 銀行法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-20/par-2 - art-52-51/par-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 銀行法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-21/par-1 - art-52-51/par-1: 第二項 → 銀行法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-21/par-2 - art-52-51/par-1: 第五十二条の二十八第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十八第一項 (Article 52-28, paragraph (1)), art-52-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-28/par-1 - art-52-51/par-1: 第五十二条の二十九第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第一項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (1)), art-52-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 - art-52-51/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の五十一第一項 (Article 52-51, paragraph (1)), art-52-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-1 - art-52-51/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の五十一第一項 (Article 52-51, paragraph (1)), art-52-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-1 - art-52-51/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の五十一第二項 (Article 52-51, paragraph (2)), art-52-51/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の五十一第二項（所属銀行の説明書類等の縦覧） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の五十一第三項（所属銀行の説明書類等の縦覧） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の二第二項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-2/par-2 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第一号の三 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-1-3 - 銀行法 附則第二条第二項（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-2/par-2 - 銀行法 附則第九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-9/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