# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（営業の免許に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3561-59/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第二条（営業の免許に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Business License)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に改正前の銀行法（以下「旧法」という。）第二条の主務大臣の免許を受けている者（旧法第三十九条第二項又は旧法以外の法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定により旧法第二条の主務大臣の免許を受けたものとみなされる者を含み、旧法第三十二条第一項の規定により旧法第二条の主務大臣の免許を受けている者を除く。）は、この法律の施行の際に改正後の銀行法（以下「新法」という。）第四条第一項の大蔵大臣の免許を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-2/par-1</sup>
A person that has already obtained the license of the competent minister referred to in Article 2 of the Banking Act before the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "former Act") at the time this Act comes into effect (including a person that is deemed to have obtained the license of the competent minister referred to in Article 2 of the former Act pursuant to Article 39, paragraph (2) of the former Act, a law other than the former Act, or an order based on them, and excluding a person that has obtained the license of the competent minister referred to in Article 2 of the former Act pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the former Act) is deemed to have obtained the license of the Minister of Finance referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act after the amendment (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act") at the time this Act comes into effect.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3561-59/art-2/par-1: 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

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 銀行法 附則第三条第一項（資本の額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1
- 銀行法 附則第二十七条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-27/par-1

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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
