# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の二十五 (Article 52-25)

- 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
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- Provision: 第五十二条の二十五 (Article 52-25)（銀行持株会社に係る銀行の経営の健全性の確保） — address `art-52-25`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-25
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### 第五十二条の二十五（銀行持株会社に係る銀行の経営の健全性の確保） — (Ensuring Soundness in Management of Banks Related to Bank Holding Companies)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-25</sup>

    **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、銀行の業務の健全な運営に資するため、銀行持株会社が銀行持株会社及びその子会社その他の当該銀行持株会社と内閣府令で定める特殊の関係のある会社（以下この節において「子会社等」という。）の保有する資産等に照らし当該銀行持株会社及びその子会社等の自己資本の充実の状況が適当であるかどうかその他銀行持株会社及びその子会社等の経営の健全性を判断するための基準であつて、銀行の経営の健全性の判断のために参考となるべきものを定めることができる。
    <sup>art-52-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-25/par-1</sup>
    In order to contribute to the sound management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may establish the criteria for a bank holding company to use in order to determine whether the adequacy of equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary company is appropriate in light of the assets owned by the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, and companies that have a unique relationship specified by Cabinet Office Order with the bank holding company (hereinafter referred to as "subsidiary company, etc." in this Section) and serve as a reference for determining the soundness of bank management.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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