# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の二の九 (Article 52-2-9)

- 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: 第五十二条の二の九 (Article 52-2-9)（所属外国銀行に関する届出等） — address `art-52-2-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9
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### 第五十二条の二の九（所属外国銀行に関する届出等） — (Notification Concerning Principal Foreign Banks)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-2-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9</sup>

**第一項**  外国銀行代理銀行は、その所属外国銀行（外国銀行代理銀行（外国銀行支店に限る。）が営む外国銀行代理業務に係る所属外国銀行（当該外国銀行支店に係る外国銀行に限る。）を除く。）が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その旨を内閣総理大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-52-2-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1</sup>
When the principal foreign bank of a foreign bank's agent bank (excluding a principal foreign bank (limited to the foreign bank with which the foreign bank branch is affiliated) related to the foreign bank agency services that the foreign bank's agency bank performs (limited to the services performed by that foreign bank branch)) falls under one of the following items, the foreign bank's agent bank must file a notification to that effect with the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  資本金又は出資の額を変更したとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-1</sup>
  it changes the amount of stated capital or contribution;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  商号又は本店の所在地を変更したとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-2</sup>
  it changes its trade name or the location of its head office;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  合併をし、会社分割により事業を承継させ、若しくは承継し、又は事業の全部若しくは重要な一部の譲渡若しくは譲受け（当該外国銀行支店のみに係るものを除く。）をしたとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-3</sup>
  it merges, has its business succeeded to or succeeds to a business in a company split, or transfers or acquires all or a material part of the business (excluding business that only involves the foreign bank branch office);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  解散（合併によるものを除く。）をし、又は銀行業の廃止をしたとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-4</sup>
  it is dissolved (excluding dissolution as a result of a merger) or discontinues banking;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  銀行業に係る免許（当該免許に類する許可、登録その他の行政処分を含む。）を取り消されたとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-5</sup>
  its banking license (including permission, registration, or any other administrative dispositions similar to the license) is revoked;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  破産手続開始の決定があつたとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-6</sup>
  it becomes subject to an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **七**  その他内閣府令で定める場合に該当するとき。
  <sup>art-52-2-9/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-7</sup>
  it falls under the case specified by Cabinet Office Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  外国銀行代理銀行は、前項（第二号から第六号までに係る部分に限る。）の規定による届出をしたときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その届出をした内容を公告するとともに、一月を下らない期間、当該届出に係る所属外国銀行に係る外国銀行代理業務を営む当該外国銀行代理銀行の全ての営業所の公衆の目につきやすい場所に掲示しなければならない。
<sup>art-52-2-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-2</sup>
When a foreign bank's agent bank files a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part related to items (ii) through (vi)) it must issue public notice of the content of that notification, as well as post a notice to that effect in a place easily seen by the public at all of the business offices of the foreign bank's agent bank where it performs foreign bank agency services for the principal foreign bank to which the notification pertains for a period of not less than one month, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  前項の場合において、第四十九条の二第一項の規定により公告方法として同項第一号に掲げる方法を定め、又は第五十七条の規定により公告方法として同条第一号に掲げる方法を定めている外国銀行代理銀行は、前項の規定によるもののほか、内閣府令で定めるところにより、同項の期間、同項の規定による掲示の内容を電気通信回線に接続して行う自動公衆送信により公衆の閲覧に供しなければならない。
<sup>art-52-2-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-3</sup>
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, a foreign bank's agent bank that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 49-2, paragraph (1), has established the method set forth in item (i) of that paragraph as its means of giving public notice, or that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 57, has established the method set forth in item (i) of that Article as its means of giving public notice must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order and in addition to what is done pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, make the content of the posting pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph available for public inspection by automatic public transmission conducted by connecting to a telecommunications line during the period referred to in that paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-2-9/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第一項 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (1)), art-52-2-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1
- art-52-2-9/par-2: 第二号から第六号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第一項第二号 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-52-2-9/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-2
- art-52-2-9/par-2: 第二号から第六号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第一項第三号 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-52-2-9/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-3
- art-52-2-9/par-2: 第二号から第六号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第一項第四号 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-52-2-9/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-4
- art-52-2-9/par-2: 第二号から第六号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第一項第五号 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-52-2-9/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-5
- art-52-2-9/par-2: 第二号から第六号まで → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第一項第六号 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-52-2-9/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-1/item-6
- art-52-2-9/par-3: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第二項 (Article 52-2-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-2-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-2
- art-52-2-9/par-3: 第四十九条の二第一項 → 銀行法 第四十九条の二第一項 (Article 49-2, paragraph (1)), art-49-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-49-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49-2/par-1
- art-52-2-9/par-3: 同項第一号 → 銀行法 第四十九条の二第一項第一号 (Article 49-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-49-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-49-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-49-2/par-1/item-1
- art-52-2-9/par-3: 第五十七条 → 銀行法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57
- art-52-2-9/par-3: 同条第一号 → 銀行法 第五十七条第一項第一号 (Article 57, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-57/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 銀行法 第七条の三第一項（役員等の第三者に対する損害賠償責任の規定の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-7-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-7-3/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第二項（所属外国銀行に関する届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二の九第三項（所属外国銀行に関する届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-9/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

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch banking-act-20261012T020531-001, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
