# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（海外現地法人に係る認可に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3561-59/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（海外現地法人に係る認可に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures on Authorization for Overseas Subsidiaries) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3561-59/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法の免許を受けた銀行が新法第九条第一項に規定する外国の会社の発行済株式の総数又は出資の総額に同項の規定に基づく大蔵省令で定める率を乗じて得た数又は額を超えて当該外国の会社の株式又は持分を保有しているときは、当該旧法の免許を受けた銀行は、施行日から起算して三月以内にその旨を大蔵大臣に届け出なければならない。 suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1 If, at the time this Act comes into effect, a bank that has already obtained the license under the former Act holds shares or equity in a foreign company prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the new Act in excess of the quantity or amount arrived at by multiplying the total number of issued shares or total amount of contribution in the foreign company by the percentage specified by the Ministry of Finance Order based on the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the new Act, the bank that has obtained the license under the former Act must file a notification to that effect with the Minister of Finance, by the last day of the three-month period that begins on the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行の際旧法の免許を受けた銀行が第一号に掲げる許可を受け又は第二号に掲げる届出をしている株式又は持分の取得が新法第九条第一項の規定に該当するものであるときは、当該旧法の免許を受けた銀行は、施行日から起算して三月以内にその旨を大蔵大臣に届け出なければならない。 suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 If the acquisition of shares or equity interest for which a bank licensed under the former Act at the time this Act comes into effect has obtained the permission set forth in item (i) or has filed the notification set forth in item (ii) falls under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the new Act, the bank licensed under the former Act must file a notification to that effect with the Minister of Finance by the last day of the three-month period that begins on the effective date. machine translation, not official **一** 外国為替及び外国貿易管理法（昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号）第二十一条第二項（大蔵大臣の許可を要する資本取引）の規定による許可 suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1 permission under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) (Capital Transactions for Which Permission of Minister of Finance is Required) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (Act No. 228 of 1949); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 外国為替及び外国貿易管理法第二十二条第一項第四号（居住者による対外直接投資に係る届出）の規定による届出（当該届出につき、同法第二十三条第二項（資本取引に係る内容の審査及び変更勧告等）の規定による大蔵大臣の勧告を受けることなく同条第一項の規定により当該届出に係る当該株式若しくは持分の取得を行つてはならない期間を経過している場合又は当該勧告を受け同条第四項の規定により当該勧告を応諾する旨の通知がされている場合に限る。） suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-2 a notification under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv) (Notification of Outward Direct Investment by a Resident) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (limited to the case in which the period during which the acquisition of the shares or the equity interest related to the notification is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of that Act has already expired without the bank receiving the recommendation from the Minister of Finance pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) of that Act (Examination on Contents of Capital Transactions and Recommendation to Change Thereof), or if the bank has received that recommendation and notified the relevant person of its acceptance of the recommendation pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (4) of that Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定により届出をした旧法の免許を受けた銀行は、当該届出に係る株式又は持分の取得につき新法第九条第一項の認可を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3 A bank licensed under the former Act that has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is deemed to have obtained the authorization referred to in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the new Act for acquiring the shares or equity interest related to the notification. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1: 新法第九条第一項 → 銀行法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-9/par-1 - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2: 第一号 → 銀行法 附則第四条第二項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2), item (i)), suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1 - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2: 第二号 → 銀行法 附則第四条第二項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2), item (ii)), suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-2 - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2: 新法第九条第一項 → 銀行法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-9/par-1 - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2/item-1: 外国為替及び外国貿易管理法（昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号）第二十一条第二項 → e-Gov law 324AC0000000228, 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — not held in this collection - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-1 - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 - suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3: 新法第九条第一項 → 銀行法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 附則第四条第二項（海外現地法人に係る認可に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-2 - 銀行法 附則第四条第三項（海外現地法人に係る認可に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-4/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch banking-act-20261012T020531-003, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11