# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の二十一の二 (Article 52-21-2)

- 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: 第五十二条の二十一の二 (Article 52-21-2) — address `art-52-21-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2
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### 第五十二条の二十一の二
<sup>art-52-21-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2</sup>

    **第一項**  銀行持株会社（当該銀行持株会社の属する銀行持株会社グループの経営管理を行うものに限る。次項において同じ。）は、前条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該銀行持株会社の銀行持株会社グループに属する二以上の会社（銀行を含む場合に限る。）に共通する業務であつて、当該業務を当該銀行持株会社において行うことが当該銀行持株会社グループの業務の一体的かつ効率的な運営に資するものとして内閣府令で定めるものを、当該二以上の会社に代わつて行うことができる。
    <sup>art-52-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2/par-1</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a bank holding company (limited to one that performs business management of the bank holding company group to which the bank holding company belongs; the same applies in the following paragraph) may perform services on behalf of two or more companies which are common to those companies that belong to the bank holding company group of the bank holding company (limited to cases in which they include a bank) and which are specified by Cabinet Office Order as services that, if performed by the bank holding company, contribute to the uniform and efficient management of the bank holding company group's services.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  銀行持株会社は、前項に規定する内閣府令で定める業務を行おうとするときは、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。ただし、内閣府令で定める軽易な業務については、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-52-21-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2/par-2</sup>
    When seeking to perform the services specified by Cabinet Office Order in the preceding paragraph, a bank holding company must obtain the authorization by the Prime Minister; provided, however, that this does not apply to minor services specified by Cabinet Office Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-21-2/par-1: 次項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十一の二第二項 (Article 52-21-2, paragraph (2)), art-52-21-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2/par-2
- art-52-21-2/par-1: 前条第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十一第二項 (Article 52-21, paragraph (2)), art-52-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21/par-2
- art-52-21-2/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十一の二第一項 (Article 52-21-2, paragraph (1)), art-52-21-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 第十二条の二第三項第一号（預金者等に対する情報の提供等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-12-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-12-2/par-3/item-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二十一第二項（銀行持株会社の業務範囲等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二十一の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の二十一の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-21-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-21-2/par-2
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十六号の二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-16-2

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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
- This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11