# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条 (Article 52) - 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: 第五十二条 (Article 52)（外国銀行の駐在員事務所の設置の届出等） — address `art-52` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条（外国銀行の駐在員事務所の設置の届出等） — (Notification of the Establishment of the Representative Office of Foreign Banks) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52 **第一項** 外国銀行（外国銀行が外国銀行支店を設けている場合は、当該外国銀行支店。以下この条において同じ。）は、次に掲げる業務を行うため、日本において駐在員事務所その他の施設を設置しようとする場合（他の目的により設置している事務所その他の施設において当該業務を行おうとする場合を含む。）には、あらかじめ、当該業務の内容、当該業務を行う施設の所在地その他内閣府令で定める事項を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-1 When seeking to establish a representative office or other facilities in Japan in order to engage in the following business (including when seeking to engage in the business at an office or other facilities already established for another purpose), a foreign bank (or, if the foreign bank has established a foreign bank branch office, that foreign bank branch office; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must file a notification with the Prime Minister with respect to the details of the services, the location of the facility where it will engage in the services, and other particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order, in advance: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 銀行の業務に関する情報の収集又は提供 art-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-1/item-1 the collection or provision of information concerning the bank's services; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** その他銀行の業務に関連を有する業務 art-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-1/item-2 other business associated with the bank's services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、公益上必要があると認めるときは、外国銀行に対し、前項の施設において行う同項各号に掲げる業務に関し報告又は資料の提出を求めることができる。 art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-2 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary in the public interest, the Prime Minister may ask a foreign bank to make a report or submit materials on the business set forth in the items of the preceding paragraph which will be performed at a facility referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 外国銀行は、その設置した第一項の施設を廃止したとき、当該施設において行う同項各号に掲げる業務を廃止したときその他同項の規定により届け出た事項を変更したときは、遅滞なくその旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-3 If a foreign bank closes a facility referred to in paragraph (1) which it has established, if it discontinues a business set forth in the items of that paragraph which is performed at that facility, or if it changes any other particulars for which it has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the foreign bank must file a notification with the Prime Minister to that effect, without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52/par-1: この条 → 銀行法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52 - art-52/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-1 - art-52/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条第一項（外国銀行の駐在員事務所の設置の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条第二項（外国銀行の駐在員事務所の設置の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条第三項（外国銀行の駐在員事務所の設置の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52/par-3 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-4 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-12 - 銀行法 附則第二十三条第一項（外国銀行の駐在員事務所の設置の届出等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-23/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