# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（立入検査） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条（立入検査） — (On-Site Inspections) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、銀行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、当該職員に銀行（当該銀行を所属銀行とする銀行代理業者を含む。）の営業所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、その業務若しくは財産の状況に関し質問させ、又は帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the business office or other facilities of a bank (including a bank agent that has the bank as its principal bank), have those officials ask questions about the status of its business or property, and have them inspect its books, documents, and any other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定による立入り、質問又は検査を行う場合において特に必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該職員に銀行の子法人等若しくは当該銀行から業務の委託を受けた者の施設に立ち入らせ、銀行に対する質問若しくは検査に必要な事項に関し質問させ、又は帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-2 If an entry into facilities is to be made, and questioning or inspection is to be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, have relevant officials enter the facilities of a subsidiary corporation, etc. of the bank or the facilities of the person that the bank has entrusted with its services, have those officials ask questions about any particulars that are required to be asked in relation to the questioning or inspection of the bank, and have them inspect its books, documents, and any other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合において、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-3 In the cases referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the relevant officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。 art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-4 The authority under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前条第三項の規定は、第二項の規定による銀行の子法人等又は当該銀行から業務の委託を受けた者に対する質問及び検査について準用する。 art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the questioning and inspection under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the subsidiary corporation, etc. of a bank or of the person that a bank has entrusted with its services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-2 - art-25/par-4: 第一項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-4: 第二項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-2 - art-25/par-5: 前条第三項 → 銀行法 第二十四条第三項 (Article 24, paragraph (3)), art-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-24/par-3 - art-25/par-5: 第二項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-2 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第二十四条第二項（報告又は資料の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-24/par-2 - 銀行法 第二十五条第二項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-2 - 銀行法 第二十五条第三項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-3 - 銀行法 第二十五条第四項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-4 - 銀行法 第二十五条第五項（立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-5 - 銀行法 第四十三条第三項（他業会社への転移等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-43/par-3 - 銀行法 第四十六条第三項（清算手続等における内閣総理大臣の意見等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-46/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 第五十二条の三十二第二項（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の二第二項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-2/par-2 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-3 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-6 - 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/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-2/par-2 --- ## 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