# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の六十一の二十五 (Article 52-61-25) - 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: 第五十二条の六十一の二十五 (Article 52-61-25)（秘密保持義務等） — address `art-52-61-25` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-25 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の六十一の二十五（秘密保持義務等） — (Duty of Confidentiality) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-61-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-25 **第一項** 認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者（次項において「役員等」という。）は、その職務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。 art-52-61-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-25/par-1 It is prohibited for an officer or employee of a certified association of electronic payment service providers, or a person that has held one of those positions (referred to as a "former or current officer or employee" in the following paragraph), to divulge or misappropriate any confidential information learned in the course of duty. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 認定電子決済等代行事業者協会の役員等は、その職務に関して知り得た情報を、認定業務（当該認定電子決済等代行事業者協会が信用金庫法第八十五条の九（認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の認定）の認定を受けた一般社団法人であつて、当該役員等が当該一般社団法人の同法第八十五条の十（認定信用金庫電子決済等代行事業者協会の業務）に規定する業務に従事する役員等である場合における当該業務その他これに類する業務として政令で定める業務を含む。）の用に供する目的以外に利用してはならない。 art-52-61-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-25/par-2 A former or current officer or employee of a certified association of electronic payment service providers must not use any information learned in the course of duty other than for the purpose of providing the information for use in certified services (if the certified association of electronic payment service providers is a general incorporated association that has obtained the certification referred to in Article 85-9 (Certification of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers for Shinkin Banks) of the Shinkin Bank Act and the former or current officer or employee is a former or current officer or employee engaged in the services prescribed in Article 85-10 (Services of Certified Association of Electronic Payment Service Providers for Shinkin Banks) of that Act that are conducted by the general incorporated association, including those services or other services specified by Cabinet Order as being similar to them). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-61-25/par-1: 次項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十一の二十五第二項 (Article 52-61-25, paragraph (2)), art-52-61-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-25/par-2 - art-52-61-25/par-2: 信用金庫法第八十五条の九 → e-Gov law 326AC1000000238, 第八十五条の九 (Article 85-9), art-85-9 — not held in this collection - art-52-61-25/par-2: 同法第八十五条の十 → e-Gov law 326AC1000000238, 第八十五条の十 (Article 85-10), art-85-10 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の八第二項（電子決済等取扱業に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-60-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-8/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十一の二十五第一項（秘密保持義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-61-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-61-25/par-1 - 銀行法 第六十三条の二の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63-2-4/par-1 --- ## 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