# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4041-87`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 平成四年六月二六日法律第八七号
<sup>suppl-4041-87 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order, within a period not exceeding one year after the date of its promulgation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二条（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures upon Partial Amendment of the Banking Act and Other Acts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に一の銀行等（第一条の規定による改正後の銀行法（以下「新銀行法」という。）第四条第五項に規定する銀行等をいう。以下この条において同じ。）が新銀行法第十六条の四第一項第二号（第二条の規定による改正後の長期信用銀行法（以下「新長期信用銀行法」という。）第十七条又は第三条の規定による改正後の外国為替銀行法（以下「新外国為替銀行法」という。）第十一条において準用する場合を含む。次項において同じ。）に掲げる会社の発行済株式（議決権のあるものに限る。）の総数又は出資の総額（以下「発行済株式等」という。）の百分の五十を超える数又は額の株式（議決権のあるものに限る。）又は持分（以下「株式等」という。）を所有しているときは、当該銀行等は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）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。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1</sup>
If, at the time this Act comes into effect, a bank, etc. (meaning a bank, etc. prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (5) of the Banking Act after the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Banking Act"); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) holds shares (limited to those with voting rights) or equity (hereinafter referred to as "shares or equity") in a number or amount exceeding fifty percent of the total number of issued shares (limited to those with voting rights) or the total amount of contribution (hereinafter referred to as "issued shares or contributions") of a company set forth in Article 16-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act after the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Long-Term Credit Bank Act") or Article 11 of the Foreign Exchange Bank Act after the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Foreign Exchange Bank Act"); the same applies in the following paragraph), the bank, etc. 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 day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行の際銀行等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等の取得（施行日において実行していないものに限る。）が、新銀行法第十六条の四第一項第二号に掲げる会社の発行済株式等の百分の五十を超える株式等の取得となるときは、当該銀行等は、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。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2</sup>
If the acquisition of shares or equity for which a bank, etc. has already obtained the permission set forth in item (i) or has already filed the notification referred to in item (ii) at the time this Act comes into effect (limited to an acquisition that has not been implemented by the effective date) is to be an acquisition of shares or equity accounting for more than fifty percent of issued shares or contributions for a company set forth in Article 16-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Banking Act, the bank, etc. 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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **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）第二十一条第二項の規定による許可
  <sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-1</sup>
  permission under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (Act No. 228 of 1949); and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **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等の取得を行っ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。）
  <sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-2</sup>
  a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (limited to when the period during which the acquisition of the shares or equity related to the notification is prohibited pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of that Act has already expired without the bank, etc. receiving a recommendation by the Minister of Finance pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) of that Act for the notification, or when the bank, etc. has received that recommendation and has given a notice indicating that it will accept the recommendation pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (4) of that Act).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  新銀行法第十六条の四第三項（新長期信用銀行法第十七条又は新外国為替銀行法第十一条において準用する場合を含む。）において準用する新銀行法第十六条の二第二項の規定は、前二項の場合において銀行等が取得し、又は所有する株式等について準用する。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (2) of the new Banking Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-4, paragraph (3) of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act or Article 11 of the new Foreign Exchange Bank Act) apply mutatis mutandis to the shares or equity acquired or held by a bank, etc. in the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第一項又は第二項の規定により届出をした銀行等は、当該届出に係る株式等の取得又は所有につき、施行日において新銀行法第十六条の四第一項（新長期信用銀行法第十七条又は新外国為替銀行法第十一条において準用する場合を含む。次項において同じ。）の認可を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4</sup>
A bank, etc. that has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) is deemed to have obtained, on the effective date, the authorization under Article 16-4, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act or Article 11 of the new Foreign Exchange Bank Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) for the acquisition or holding of the shares or equity pertaining to the notification.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  施行日前に第一条の規定による改正前の銀行法（以下「旧銀行法」という。）第九条第一項（第二条の規定による改正前の長期信用銀行法（以下「旧長期信用銀行法」という。）第十七条若しくは第三条の規定による改正前の外国為替銀行法（以下「旧外国為替銀行法」という。）第十一条において準用する場合又は旧銀行法第九条第二項（旧長期信用銀行法第十七条又は旧外国為替銀行法第十一条において準用する場合を含む。）において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によってした認可、当該認可に付した条件、当該認可に係る承認又は当該認可に係る申請は、新銀行法第十六条の四第一項の規定によってした認可、当該認可に付した条件、当該認可に係る承認又は当該認可に係る申請とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5</sup>
An authorization granted before the effective date pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act before the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Banking Act") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the Long-Term Credit Bank Act before the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Long-Term Credit Bank Act") or Article 11 of the Foreign Exchange Bank Act before the amendment pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Foreign Exchange Bank Act"), or as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (2) of the former Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the Former Long-Term Credit Bank Act or Article 11 of the Former Foreign Exchange Bank Act)), the conditions attached to that authorization, the approval pertaining to that authorization, or the application pertaining to that authorization is deemed to be an authorization granted pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-4, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act, the conditions attached to that authorization, the approval pertaining to that authorization, or the application pertaining to that authorization.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三十二条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures on Application of Penal Provisions)
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<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-32</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-32/par-1</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts which a person has committed before this Act comes into effect, as well as to acts which a person commits after this Act comes into effect related to the particulars for which prior laws are to continue to govern pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十三条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order)
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<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-33</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1: 第四条第五項 → 銀行法 第四条第五項 (Article 4, paragraph (5)), art-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-4/par-5
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1: この条 → 銀行法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4041-87/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1: 第十七条 → e-Gov law 327AC0000000187, 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — not held in this collection
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2: 第一号 → 銀行法 附則第二条第二項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-1
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2: 第二号 → 銀行法 附則第二条第二項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2/item-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/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-4041-87/art-2/par-3: 新銀行法第十六条の四第三項 → 銀行法 第十六条の四第三項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (3)), art-16-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-16-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16-4/par-3
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3: 新銀行法第十六条の二第二項 → 銀行法 第十六条の二第二項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (2)), art-16-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16-2/par-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4: 第一項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4: 第二項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4: 新銀行法第十六条の四第一項 → 銀行法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16-4/par-1
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4: 次項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (5)), suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5
- suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-5: 新銀行法第十六条の四第一項 → 銀行法 第十六条の四第一項 (Article 16-4, paragraph (1)), art-16-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16-4/par-1
- suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 銀行法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4041-87/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2
- suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 銀行法 附則第三十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 32), suppl-4041-87/art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-32

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 附則第二条第一項（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-1
- 銀行法 附則第二条第二項（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-2
- 銀行法 附則第二条第三項（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-3
- 銀行法 附則第二条第四項（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-2/par-4
- 銀行法 附則第三十三条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4041-87/art-33/par-1

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