# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の十二 (Article 52-12) - 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: 第五十二条の十二 (Article 52-12)（銀行主要株主に対する立入検査） — address `art-52-12` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の十二（銀行主要株主に対する立入検査） — (On-Site Inspection of Bank's Major Shareholders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12 **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、当該職員に当該銀行の主要株主基準値以上の数の議決権の保有者である銀行主要株主の事務所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、当該銀行若しくは当該銀行主要株主の業務若しくは財産の状況に関し質問させ、又は当該銀行主要株主の帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-52-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister, to the extent necessary, may have relevant officials enter the office or other facilities of a bank's major shareholder that holds a number of voting rights in that bank which is equal to or greater than the major shareholder threshold, have those officials ask questions about the status of business or property of the bank or the bank's major shareholder, and have them inspect the books, documents, and any other articles of the bank's major shareholder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、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-52-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, 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 **第三項** 第一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-52-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-3 The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-12/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十二第一項 (Article 52-12, paragraph (1)), art-52-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-1 - art-52-12/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十二第一項 (Article 52-12, paragraph (1)), art-52-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の十二第二項（銀行主要株主に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の十二第三項（銀行主要株主に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-12/par-3 - 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 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 --- ## 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