# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の二十九 (Article 52-29) - 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: 第五十二条の二十九 (Article 52-29)（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — address `art-52-29` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の二十九（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — (Public Inspection of Explanatory Documents on the Status of Business and Property of Bank Holding Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29 **第一項** 銀行持株会社は、事業年度ごとに、当該銀行持株会社及びその子会社等の業務及び財産の状況に関する事項として内閣府令で定めるものを当該銀行持株会社及び当該子会社等につき連結して記載した当該事業年度の中間事業年度に係る説明書類及び当該事業年度に係る説明書類を作成し、当該銀行持株会社の子会社である銀行の営業所（無人の営業所その他の内閣府令で定める営業所を除く。第三項において同じ。）に備え置き、公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。前条第一項の規定により作成した書類についても、同様とする。 art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 Each business year, a bank holding company must prepare explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the business year, which state the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as relevant to the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. on a consolidated basis, prepare explanatory documents for the entire business year which state these particulars on a consolidated basis, keep those documents at the business offices (excluding unmanned business offices and other offices specified by Cabinet Office Order; the same applies in paragraph (3)) of the banks which are subsidiary companies of the bank holding company, and make those documents available for public inspection. The same applies to the documents prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項前段に規定する中間事業年度に係る説明書類及び事業年度に係る説明書類は、電磁的記録をもつて作成することができる。 art-52-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-2 Explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year provided in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph may be prepared as electronic or magnetic records. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項前段に規定する中間事業年度に係る説明書類及び事業年度に係る説明書類又は同項後段に規定する書類が電磁的記録をもつて作成されているときは、銀行持株会社の子会社である銀行の営業所において、当該電磁的記録に記録された情報を電磁的方法により不特定多数の者が提供を受けることができる状態に置く措置として内閣府令で定めるものをとることができる。この場合においては、同項前段に規定する中間事業年度に係る説明書類及び事業年度に係る説明書類又は同項後段に規定する書類を同項の規定により備え置き、公衆の縦覧に供したものとみなす。 art-52-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-3 If the explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year which are provided for in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or the documents provided for in the second sentence of that paragraph have been prepared as electronic or magnetic records, the bank holding company may take a measure that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as a measure that uses electronic or magnetic means to make the information recorded in an electronic or magnetic record available to many and unspecified persons at the business offices of the banks that are subsidiary companies of the bank holding company. In such a case, the bank holding company is deemed to have kept the explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year and those for the entire business year which are provided for in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or the documents provided for in the second sentence of that paragraph and have made them available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、第一項前段の当該事業年度の中間事業年度に係る説明書類及び当該事業年度に係る説明書類又は同項後段の書類を公衆の縦覧に供する期間その他これらの規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。 art-52-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the period of time during which explanatory documents for the interim period of the business year that is a part of the business year and those for the entire business year which are referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and the documents referred to in the second sentence of that paragraph are made available for public inspection and the particulars necessary for the application of those provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 銀行持株会社は、前各項に規定する事項のほか、当該銀行持株会社の子会社である銀行の預金者その他の顧客が当該銀行持株会社及びその子会社等の業務及び財産の状況を知るために参考となるべき事項の開示に努めなければならない。 art-52-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-5 In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, a bank holding company must endeavor to disclose information which is to serve as a reference for the depositors and other customers of the banks that are its subsidiary companies to learn the status of business and property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-29/par-1: 第三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第三項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (3)), art-52-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-3 - art-52-29/par-1: 前条第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十八第一項 (Article 52-28, paragraph (1)), art-52-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-28/par-1 - art-52-29/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第一項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (1)), art-52-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 - art-52-29/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第一項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (1)), art-52-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 - art-52-29/par-4: 前三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第一項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (1)), art-52-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 - art-52-29/par-4: 前三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第二項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (2)), art-52-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-2 - art-52-29/par-4: 前三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第三項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (3)), art-52-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-3 - art-52-29/par-5: 前各項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第一項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (1)), art-52-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 - art-52-29/par-5: 前各項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第二項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (2)), art-52-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-2 - art-52-29/par-5: 前各項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第三項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (3)), art-52-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-3 - art-52-29/par-5: 前各項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第四項 (Article 52-29, paragraph (4)), art-52-29/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-4 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の二の六第一項（所属外国銀行に係る説明書類等の縦覧） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-2-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-2-6/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第一項（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第二項（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第三項（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第四項（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-4 - 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九第五項（銀行持株会社に係る業務及び財産の状況に関する説明書類の縦覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29/par-5 - 銀行法 第五十二条の五十一第一項（所属銀行の説明書類等の縦覧） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-51/par-1 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第一号の三 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-1-3 - 銀行法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-8/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