# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（取締役に対する信用の供与に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3561-59/art-7`
- 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-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-7
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### 第七条（取締役に対する信用の供与に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Granting Credit to Directors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  新法第十四条の規定は、施行日以後に銀行の取締役が商法第二百六十五条の規定による取締役会の承認を受ける新法第十四条第一項に規定する信用の供与について適用し、施行日前に商法第二百六十五条の規定による取締役会の承認を受けた当該信用の供与については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-7/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 14 of the new Act apply to the grant of credit prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the new Act for which the director of the bank has obtained the approval of the board of directors under the provisions of Article 265 of the Commercial Code on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern the grant of credit for which the director of the bank has obtained the approval of the board of directors under the provisions of Article 265 of the Commercial Code before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3561-59/art-7/par-1: 新法第十四条 → 銀行法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-14
- suppl-3561-59/art-7/par-1: 商法第二百六十五条 → e-Gov law 132AC0000000048, 第二百六十五条 (Article 265), art-265 — not held in this collection
- suppl-3561-59/art-7/par-1: 新法第十四条第一項 → 銀行法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-14/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 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
