# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の二 (Article 52-2) - 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: 第五十二条の二 (Article 52-2)（外国銀行代理業務に係る認可等） — address `art-52-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の二（外国銀行代理業務に係る認可等） — (Authorization for Foreign Bank Agency Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2 **第一項** 銀行は、第十条第二項第八号の二に掲げる業務（次条第二号から第四号までを除き、以下「外国銀行代理業務」という。）を営もうとするときは、当該外国銀行代理業務の委託を受ける旨の契約の相手方である外国銀行（次条第二号から第四号までを除き、以下「所属外国銀行」という。）ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣の認可を受けなければならない。 art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-1 When seeking to perform services set forth in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (viii)-2 (hereinafter referred to as "foreign bank agency services", except in items (ii) through (iv) of the following Article), a bank must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order in advance, for each foreign bank that is the other party to a contract providing that the bank is being entrusted with the foreign bank agency services (the foreign bank is hereinafter referred to as "principal foreign bank", except in items (ii) through (iv) of the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、銀行は、外国銀行グループ（外国銀行及びその子会社である外国銀行その他の内閣府令で定める者の集団をいう。）ごとに、認可を受けて当該外国銀行グループに属する外国銀行を所属外国銀行とする外国銀行代理業務を営むことができる。 art-52-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, for each foreign bank group (meaning a group consisting of a foreign bank and the foreign bank's subsidiary companies that are foreign banks or of any other persons specified by Cabinet Office Order), a bank may perform foreign bank agency services that has a foreign bank that belongs to that foreign bank group as the principal foreign bank, by obtaining an authorization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定は、銀行が当該銀行の子会社である外国銀行その他の内閣府令で定める外国銀行を所属外国銀行として外国銀行代理業務を営もうとするときは、適用しない。この場合において、当該銀行は、当該外国銀行代理業務に係る所属外国銀行ごとに、内閣府令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-52-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply if a bank seeks to perform foreign bank agency services by having its subsidiary company which is a foreign bank or any other foreign bank specified by Cabinet Office Order as its principal foreign bank. In such a case, the bank must file a notification with the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order in advance, for each principal foreign bank that is involved in the relevant foreign bank agency services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-2/par-1: 第十条第二項第八号の二 → 銀行法 第十条第二項第八号の二 (Article 10, paragraph (2), item (viii-2)), art-10/par-2/item-8-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-10/par-2/item-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-10/par-2/item-8-2 - art-52-2/par-1: 次条第二号から第四号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の二第一項第二号 (Article 52-2-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-52-2-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-2 - art-52-2/par-1: 次条第二号から第四号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の二第一項第三号 (Article 52-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-52-2-2/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-3 - art-52-2/par-1: 次条第二号から第四号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の二第一項第四号 (Article 52-2-2, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-52-2-2/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-4 - art-52-2/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二第一項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (1)), art-52-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-1 - art-52-2/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二第一項 (Article 52-2, paragraph (1)), art-52-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の二第二項（外国銀行代理業務に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二第三項（外国銀行代理業務に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二の二第一項第一号（外国銀行の免許に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-2/par-1/item-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二の三第一項（出資の受入れ、預り金及び金利等の取締りに関する法律の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-3/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二の四第一項（貸金業法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-4/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二の五第一項（外国銀行代理銀行についての金融商品取引法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-5/par-1 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第六号の二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-6-2 - 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二十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-20 - 銀行法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4281-62/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4281-62/art-3/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