# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の七 (Article 52-7)

- 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: 第五十二条の七 (Article 52-7)（銀行議決権大量保有者による報告又は資料の提出） — address `art-52-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五十二条の七（銀行議決権大量保有者による報告又は資料の提出） — (Making Reports or Submitting Materials by Major Holders of Voting Rights in a Bank)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-7</sup>

  **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、提出書類のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき事項のうち重要なもの若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けている疑いがあると認めるときは、当該提出書類を提出した銀行議決権大量保有者に対し、当該提出書類に記載すべき事項又は誤解を生じさせないために必要な事実に関し参考となるべき報告又は資料の提出を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-52-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-7/par-1</sup>
  If the Prime Minister suspects that a document for submission contains a false statement about a material particular, lacks a statement on a material particular that is required to be stated or on an important fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, the Prime Minister may ask the major holder of voting rights in the bank that submitted the document to make a report or submit materials that are to serve as a reference for a particular that is required to be stated in the document or for a fact necessary for avoiding misunderstanding.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-2

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## 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
