# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の十九 (Article 52-19) - 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: 第五十二条の十九 (Article 52-19)（銀行持株会社の取締役の兼職の制限等） — address `art-52-19` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の十九（銀行持株会社の取締役の兼職の制限等） — (Restriction on the Concurrent Holding of Positions by Directors of Bank Holding Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19 **第一項** 銀行持株会社の常務に従事する取締役（指名委員会等設置会社にあつては、執行役）は、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けた場合を除くほか、他の会社の常務に従事してはならない。 art-52-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-1 Unless a director (or executive officer, if a bank is a company with nominating committee, etc.) that is engaged in the day-to-day business operations of a bank holding company obtains the authorization by the Prime Minister to do so, it is prohibited for the director to engage in the day-to-day business operations of other companies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の認可の申請があつたときは、当該申請に係る事項が当該銀行持株会社の子会社である銀行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を妨げるおそれがあると認める場合を除き、これを認可しなければならない。 art-52-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-2 When an application is filed for the authorization referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must grant the authorization unless the Prime Minister finds that the particulars given in the application are likely to interfere with the sound and appropriate management of services at a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次に掲げる者は、銀行持株会社の取締役、執行役又は監査役となることができない。 art-52-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-3 The following persons may not become the director, executive officer, or company auditor of a bank holding company. 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-52-19/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/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-52-19/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/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** 会社法第三百三十一条第二項ただし書（取締役の資格等）（同法第三百三十五条第一項（監査役の資格等）において準用する場合を含む。）、第三百三十二条第二項（取締役の任期）（同法第三百三十四条第一項（会計参与の任期）において準用する場合を含む。）、第三百三十六条第二項（監査役の任期）及び第四百二条第五項ただし書（執行役の選任等）の規定は、銀行持株会社については、適用しない。 art-52-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-4 The provisions of the proviso to Article 331, paragraph (2) of the Companies Act (Qualifications of Directors) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 335, paragraph (1) (Qualifications of Company Auditors) of that Act), Article 332, paragraph (2) (Directors' Terms of Office) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 334, paragraph (1) (Accounting Advisors' Terms of Office) of that Act), Article 336, paragraph (2) (Company Auditors' Terms of Office) of that Act, and the proviso to Article 402, paragraph (5) (Election of Executive Officers) of that Act do not apply to a bank holding company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 銀行持株会社は、持分会社の無限責任社員又は業務を執行する社員となることができない。 art-52-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-5 A bank holding company may not become the member with unlimited liability of a membership company or a member in charge of executing the business of a membership company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-19/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十九第一項 (Article 52-19, paragraph (1)), art-52-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-1 - art-52-19/par-4: 会社法第三百三十一条第二項 → 会社法 第三百三十一条第二項 (Article 331, paragraph (2)), art-331/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-331/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-331/par-2 - art-52-19/par-4: 同法第三百三十五条第一項 → 会社法 第三百三十五条第一項 (Article 335, paragraph (1)), art-335/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-335/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-335/par-1 - art-52-19/par-4: 第三百三十二条第二項 → 会社法 第三百三十二条第二項 (Article 332, paragraph (2)), art-332/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-332/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-332/par-2 - art-52-19/par-4: 同法第三百三十四条第一項 → 会社法 第三百三十四条第一項 (Article 334, paragraph (1)), art-334/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-334/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-334/par-1 - art-52-19/par-4: 第三百三十六条第二項 → 会社法 第三百三十六条第二項 (Article 336, paragraph (2)), art-336/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-336/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-336/par-2 - art-52-19/par-4: 第四百二条第五項 → 会社法 第四百二条第五項 (Article 402, paragraph (5)), art-402/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-402/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-402/par-5 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の十九第二項（銀行持株会社の取締役の兼職の制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-19/par-2 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-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