# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第八条 (Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（営業所の設置等） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（営業所の設置等） — (Establishment of Business Offices) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8 **第一項** 銀行は、日本において支店その他の営業所の設置、位置の変更（本店の位置の変更を含む。）、種類の変更又は廃止をしようとするときは、内閣府令で定める場合を除き、内閣府令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8/par-1 Except in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, a bank must file a notification with the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order if the bank seeks to establish a branch office or other business office in Japan, change its location (including a change in the location of its head office), change its type, or close it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 銀行は、外国において支店その他の営業所の設置、種類の変更又は廃止をしようとするときは、内閣府令で定める場合を除き、内閣府令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。 art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8/par-2 Except in cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, a bank must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order if the bank seeks to establish a branch office or other business office in a foreign country, change its type, or close it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 銀行は、第二条第十四項各号に掲げる行為を外国において委託する旨の契約を締結しようとするとき、又は当該契約を終了しようとするときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。 art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8/par-3 A bank must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order if the bank seeks to conclude or terminate a contract under which it entrusts a person with an action set forth in one of the items of Article 2, paragraph (14) in a foreign country. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定は、銀行が当該銀行の子会社である外国の法令に準拠して外国において銀行業を営む者その他の内閣府令で定める者との間で同項の契約を締結しようとするとき、又は当該契約を終了しようとするときは、適用しない。この場合において、当該銀行は、内閣府令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8/par-4 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply when a bank seeks to conclude or terminate a contract referred to in that paragraph with a subsidiary company of that bank that constitutes a person engaged in banking in a foreign country in accordance with foreign laws and regulations, or with any other person specified by Cabinet Office Order. In such cases, the bank must file a notification with the Prime Minister in advance, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-8/par-3: 第二条第十四項 → 銀行法 第二条第十四項 (Article 2, paragraph (14)), art-2/par-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-2/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-14 - art-8/par-4: 前項 → 銀行法 第八条第三項 (Article 8, paragraph (3)), art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第八条第四項（営業所の設置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-8/par-4 - 銀行法 第四十七条第二項（外国銀行の免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-2 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-1 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-4 - 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 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-4/par-1 - 銀行法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-5/par-1 - 銀行法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-6/par-1 - 銀行法 附則第二条第一項（銀行法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4281-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4281-62/art-2/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