# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4171-106/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-1
- 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.

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### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/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（以下「施行日」という。）から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/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 (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"); provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the day specified in each of those items:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第十一条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 11:the date of promulgation of this Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  附則第十五条及び第二十六条の規定　公布の日から起算して九月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Articles 15 and 26 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4171-106/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第十五条 → 銀行法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4171-106/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-15

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch banking-act-20261012T020531-004, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11