# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第十二条の四 (Article 12-4)

- 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: 第十二条の四 (Article 12-4)（無限責任社員等となることの禁止） — address `art-12-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-12-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-12-4
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### 第十二条の四（無限責任社員等となることの禁止） — (Prohibition Against Becoming a Member with Unlimited Liability)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-12-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-12-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-12-4</sup>

**第一項**  銀行は、持分会社の無限責任社員又は業務を執行する社員となることができない。
<sup>art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-12-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-12-4/par-1</sup>
A bank may not become a member with unlimited liability of a membership company or a member in charge of executing the business of a membership company.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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