# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（清算人の任免等） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十四条（清算人の任免等） — (Appointment and Dismissal of Liquidators) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44 **第一項** 銀行が第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許の取消しにより解散した場合には、裁判所は、利害関係人若しくは内閣総理大臣の請求により又は職権をもつて、清算人を選任する。当該清算人の解任についても、同様とする。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-1 If a bank is dissolved due to the revocation of the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) granted by the Prime Minister, the court appoints a liquidator at the request of an interested party or the Prime Minister, or by its authority. The same applies to the dismissal of the liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合を除くほか、裁判所は、利害関係人若しくは内閣総理大臣の請求により又は職権をもつて、清算人を解任することができる。この場合においては、裁判所は、清算人を選任することができる。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-2 Excluding the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court may dismiss a liquidator at the request of an interested party or the Prime Minister, or by its authority. In such a case, the court may appoint a new liquidator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる者は、清算をする銀行（次項並びに次条第三項、第五項、第七項及び第八項において「清算銀行」という。）の清算人となることができない。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-3 The following persons may not be appointed as the liquidator of a bank to be liquidated (referred to as "bank in liquidation" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3), paragraph (5), paragraph (7), and paragraph (8) of the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 心身の故障のため職務を適正に執行することができない者として内閣府令で定める者 art-44/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-3/item-1 a person specified by Cabinet Office Order as being unable to properly perform their duties due to mental or physical disorder; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者又は外国の法令上これと同様に取り扱われている者 art-44/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-3/item-2 a person subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings and has not been released from bankruptcy restrictions, or a person that is treated in the same manner under foreign laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 清算銀行の清算人に対する会社法第四百七十八条第八項（清算人の就任）において準用する同法第三百三十一条第一項第三号（取締役の資格等）の規定の適用については、同号中「この法律」とあるのは、「銀行法、この法律」とする。 art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-4 In applying the provisions of Article 331, paragraph (1), item (iii) (Qualifications of Directors) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 478, paragraph (8) (Assumption of the Role of Liquidator) of that Act to the liquidator of a bank in liquidation, the term "this Act" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "the Banking Act, this Act". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 第四条第一項 → 銀行法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-4/par-1 - art-44/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 次項 → 銀行法 第四十四条第四項 (Article 44, paragraph (4)), art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-4 - art-44/par-3: 次条第三項 → 銀行法 第四十五条第三項 (Article 45, paragraph (3)), art-45/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-45/par-3 - art-44/par-3: 第五項 → 銀行法 第四十五条第五項 (Article 45, paragraph (5)), art-45/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-45/par-5 - art-44/par-3: 第七項 → 銀行法 第四十五条第七項 (Article 45, paragraph (7)), art-45/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-45/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-45/par-7 - art-44/par-3: 第八項 → 銀行法 第四十五条第八項 (Article 45, paragraph (8)), art-45/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-45/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-45/par-8 - art-44/par-4: 会社法第四百七十八条第八項 → 会社法 第四百七十八条第八項 (Article 478, paragraph (8)), art-478/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-478/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-478/par-8 - art-44/par-4: 同法第三百三十一条第一項第三号 → 会社法 第三百三十一条第一項第三号 (Article 331, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-331/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-331/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第四十四条第二項（清算人の任免等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/par-2 - 銀行法 第四十四条第三項（清算人の任免等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-44/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 附則第十九条第一項（清算人の任免及び清算の監督に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-19/par-1 --- ## 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