# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 40) - 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: 第四十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 40)（銀行法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-3631-75/art-40` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3631-75/art-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3631-75/art-40 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十条（銀行法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures upon Partial Amendment of the Banking Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-3631-75/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3631-75/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3631-75/art-40 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に前条の規定による改正前の銀行法附則第五条第一項の規定により業務の内容及び方法を定めて大蔵大臣の認可を受けている銀行は、この法律の施行の際に当該業務の内容及び方法と同一の業務の内容及び方法を定めて前条の規定による改正後の銀行法附則第五条第一項の大蔵大臣の認可を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-3631-75/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3631-75/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3631-75/art-40/par-1 A bank that has already determined its business content and business methods and has obtained the authorization by the Minister of Finance at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Banking Act before the amendment under the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to have determined the same business content and business methods as those already determined at the time this Act comes into effect and have obtained the authorization referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Banking Act after the amendment under the provisions of the preceding Article granted by the Minister of Finance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3631-75/art-40/par-1: 銀行法附則第五条第一項 → 銀行法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-3561-59/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-5/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