# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33)

- 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（合併の場合の債権者の異議の催告） — address `art-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三十三条（合併の場合の債権者の異議の催告） — (Demands for Objection by the Creditors in a Merger)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-33</sup>

**第一項**  銀行が合併の決議をした場合においては、預金者等その他政令で定める債権者に対する会社法第七百八十九条第二項、第七百九十九条第二項又は第八百十条第二項（債権者の異議）の規定による催告は、することを要しない。
<sup>art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-33/par-1</sup>
If a bank passes a resolution for a merger, the bank is not required to make the demand under the provisions of Article 789, paragraph (2), Article 799, paragraph (2), or Article 810, paragraph (2) (Objection by the Creditors) of the Companies Act to depositors, etc. or other creditors specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-33/par-1: 会社法第七百八十九条第二項 → 会社法 第七百八十九条第二項 (Article 789, paragraph (2)), art-789/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-789/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-789/par-2
- art-33/par-1: 第七百九十九条第二項 → 会社法 第七百九十九条第二項 (Article 799, paragraph (2)), art-799/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-799/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-799/par-2
- art-33/par-1: 第八百十条第二項 → 会社法 第八百十条第二項 (Article 810, paragraph (2)), art-810/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-810/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-810/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 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 附則第十三条第一項（合併の異議の催告に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-13/par-1

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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
