# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の九 (Article 52-9)

- 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: 第五十二条の九 (Article 52-9)（銀行主要株主に係る認可等） — address `art-52-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五十二条の九（銀行主要株主に係る認可等） — (Authorization to be Obtained by Bank's Major Shareholders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9</sup>

    **第一項**  次に掲げる取引若しくは行為により一の銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者になろうとする者又は銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者である会社その他の法人の設立をしようとする者（国等並びに第五十二条の十七第一項に規定する持株会社になろうとする会社、同項に規定する者及び銀行を子会社としようとする銀行持株会社を除く。）は、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。
    <sup>art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1</sup>
    A person that seeks to become the holder of a number of voting rights in a single bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, or to incorporate a company or other corporations that is the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold (other than the national government, etc., a company that seeks to become a holding company prescribed in Article 52-17, paragraph (1), a person prescribed in that paragraph, and a bank holding company that seeks to make a bank its subsidiary company) through one of the following transactions or actions, must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister in advance:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  当該議決権の保有者になろうとする者による銀行の議決権の取得（担保権の実行による株式の取得その他の内閣府令で定める事由によるものを除く。）
      <sup>art-52-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1/item-1</sup>
      acquisition of voting rights in a bank by a person that seeks to become the holder of the voting rights (excluding acquisition of shares due to enforcement of a security right or any other grounds specified by Cabinet Office Order);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  当該議決権の保有者になろうとする者がその主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権を保有している会社による第四条第一項の免許の取得
      <sup>art-52-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1/item-2</sup>
      acquisition of the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) by a company in which the person that seeks to become the holder of the relevant voting rights holds a number of voting rights which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold of that company; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  その他政令で定める取引又は行為
      <sup>art-52-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1/item-3</sup>
      a transaction or action specified by Cabinet Order.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項各号に掲げる取引又は行為以外の事由により一の銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者になつた者（国等並びに銀行持株会社及び第五十二条の十七第二項に規定する特定持株会社を除く。以下この条及び第六十五条において「特定主要株主」という。）は、当該事由の生じた日の属する当該銀行の事業年度の終了の日から一年を経過する日（以下この項及び第四項において「猶予期限日」という。）までに銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者でなくなるよう、所要の措置を講じなければならない。ただし、当該特定主要株主が、猶予期限日後も引き続き銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者であることについて内閣総理大臣の認可を受けた場合は、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2</sup>
    A person that has become the holder of a number of voting rights in a single bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold due to grounds other than a transaction or action set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph (other than the national government, etc., a bank holding company, or a specified holding company prescribed in Article 52-17, paragraph (2); hereinafter referred to as a "specified major shareholder" in this Article and Article 65) must take the measures required to be taken so that they will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold by the last day of the one-year period that begins on the final day of the business year of the bank that includes the date on which the grounds arose (hereinafter referred to as the "last day of the grace period" in this paragraph and paragraph (4)); provided, however, that this does not apply if the specified major shareholder obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to continue to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold even after the last day of the grace period.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  特定主要株主は、前項の規定による措置により銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者でなくなつたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。当該措置によることなく銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者でなくなつたときも、同様とする。
    <sup>art-52-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-3</sup>
    When a specified major shareholder ceases to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold through taking the measure under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the shareholder must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minster, without delay. The same applies if a specified major shareholder ceases to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold without taking that measure.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  内閣総理大臣は、第一項の認可を受けずに同項各号に掲げる取引若しくは行為により銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者になつた者若しくは銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者として設立された会社その他の法人又は第二項ただし書の認可を受けることなく猶予期限日後も銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者である者に対し、当該銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者でなくなるよう、所要の措置を講ずることを命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-52-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-4</sup>
    The Prime Minister may order a person that becomes the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold through a transaction or action set forth in one of the items of paragraph (1) without the authorization referred to in that paragraph, a company or other corporation that is incorporated as the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold without the authorization referred to in that paragraph, or a person that remains to be the holder of a number of voting rights in a bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold even after the last day of the grace period without obtaining the authorization referred to in the proviso to paragraph (2), to take the measures required to be taken so that they will no longer be the holder of a number of voting rights in the bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-9/par-1: 第五十二条の十七第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十七第一項 (Article 52-17, paragraph (1)), art-52-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-17/par-1
- art-52-9/par-1/item-2: 第四条第一項 → 銀行法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-4/par-1
- art-52-9/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第一項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (1)), art-52-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1
- art-52-9/par-2: 第五十二条の十七第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十七第二項 (Article 52-17, paragraph (2)), art-52-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-17/par-2
- art-52-9/par-2: この条 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九 (Article 52-9), art-52-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9
- art-52-9/par-2: 第六十五条 → 銀行法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65
- art-52-9/par-2: この項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2
- art-52-9/par-2: 第四項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第四項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (4)), art-52-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-4
- art-52-9/par-3: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2
- art-52-9/par-4: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第一項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (1)), art-52-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1
- art-52-9/par-4: 第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2

## Cited by

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- 銀行法 第二条第十項（定義等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-10
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二の十一第一項（銀行等の議決権保有に係る届出書の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-2-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-11/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項（銀行主要株主に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十二条の九第三項（銀行主要株主に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-3
- 銀行法 第五十二条の九第四項（銀行主要株主に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-4
- 銀行法 第五十二条の十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-10/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の十三第一項（銀行主要株主に対する措置命令） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-13/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の十五第一項（銀行主要株主に係る認可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の十五第二項（銀行主要株主に係る認可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-15/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十二条の三十四第三項（銀行持株会社に係る認可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-52-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-34/par-3
- 銀行法 第五十三条第二項第一号（届出事項） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-53/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-53/par-2/item-1
- 銀行法 第五十五条第一項（認可の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-55/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十五条第二項（認可の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-55/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第五号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-5
- 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第九号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-9
- 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 第五十七条の六第一項第三号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-3
- 銀行法 第五十七条の六第一項第五号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-5
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-13
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-14
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-15
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-16
- 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
- 銀行法 附則第三条第一項（銀行の株主に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-1
- 銀行法 附則第三条第二項（銀行の株主に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-2

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## Sources

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