# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第三十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 36)

- 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: 第三十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 36)（権限の委任） — address `suppl-4171-38/art-36`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36
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### 第三十六条（権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-38/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、この附則及びこの附則において読み替えて準用する保険業法による権限（金融庁の所掌に係るものに限り、政令で定めるものを除く。）を金融庁長官に委任する。
<sup>suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-1</sup>
The Prime Minister delegates the authority under these Supplementary Provisions and the Insurance Business Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions following the deemed replacement of terms (limited to the authority under the jurisdiction of the Financial Services Agency, and excluding the authority specified by Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  この附則及びこの附則において読み替えて準用する保険業法による行政庁（都道府県の知事その他の執行機関を除く。）の権限は、政令で定めるところにより、地方支分部局の長に行わせることができる。
<sup>suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-2</sup>
The authority of an administrative authority under these Supplementary Provisions and the Insurance Business Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions following the deemed replacement of terms (excluding prefectural governors and other executive agencies) may be exercised by the heads of local branch offices, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定により金融庁長官に委任された権限については、政令で定めるところにより、その一部を財務局長又は財務支局長に委任することができる。
<sup>suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-3</sup>
The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency may delegate a part of the authority delegated to them pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to the Directors-General of Local Finance Bureaus or Local Finance Branch Bureaus, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 附則第三十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 36, paragraph (1)), suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 附則第三十六条第三項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-38/art-36/par-3

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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
