# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第十九条 (Article 19)

- 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（業務報告書等） — address `art-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19
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### 第十九条（業務報告書等） — (Business Reports)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  銀行は、事業年度ごとに、業務及び財産の状況を記載した当該事業年度の中間事業年度（当該事業年度の四月一日から九月三十日までの期間をいう。以下同じ。）に係る中間業務報告書及び当該事業年度に係る業務報告書を作成し、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-1</sup>
Each business year, a bank must prepare an interim business report for the interim period of the business year (meaning the period from April 1 to September 30 of the business year; the same applies hereinafter) that is a part of the relevant business year which states the status of business and property, and a business report for the entire business year, and submit those reports to the Prime Minister.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  銀行が子会社等を有する場合には、当該銀行は、事業年度ごとに、前項の報告書のほか、当該銀行及び当該子会社等の業務及び財産の状況を連結して記載した当該事業年度の中間事業年度に係る中間業務報告書及び当該事業年度に係る業務報告書を作成し、内閣総理大臣に提出しなければならない。
<sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-2</sup>
If a bank has a subsidiary company, etc., each business year, in addition to the reports referred to in the preceding paragraph, the bank must prepare an interim business report for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the relevant business year which states the status of business and property of that bank and its subsidiary companies, etc. on a consolidated basis, and a business report for the entire business year which states the status of business and property on a consolidated basis, and submit those reports to the Prime Minister.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前二項の報告書の記載事項、提出期日その他これらの報告書に関し必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。
<sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-3</sup>
The particulars to be stated in the reports referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the due dates for submission, and other necessary particulars concerning those reports is specified by Cabinet Office Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-19/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-1
- art-19/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-1
- art-19/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 第十九条第二項（業務報告書等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-2
- 銀行法 第十九条第三項（業務報告書等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-19/par-3
- 銀行法 第四十七条第二項（外国銀行の免許等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-2
- 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-1
- 銀行法 附則第十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-10/par-2
- 銀行法 附則第百五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4101-107/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4101-107/art-105/par-1
- 銀行法 附則第百五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4101-107/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4101-107/art-105/par-2

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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
