# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の三十二 (Article 52-32) - 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: 第五十二条の三十二 (Article 52-32)（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — address `art-52-32` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の三十二（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — (On-Site Inspection of Bank Holding Companies) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-32 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、銀行の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、当該職員に当該銀行を子会社とする銀行持株会社の事務所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、当該銀行若しくは当該銀行持株会社の業務若しくは財産の状況に関し質問させ、又は当該銀行持株会社の帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-52-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-1 If the Prime Minister finds it to be necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of a bank's services, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the business office or other facilities of the bank holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company, have those officials ask questions about the status of business or property of the bank or the bank holding company, and have them inspect the books, documents, and any other articles of the bank holding company. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、第二十五条第一項の規定による銀行に対する立入り、質問又は検査を行い、及び前項の規定による当該銀行を子会社とする銀行持株会社に対する立入り、質問又は検査を行う場合において、特に必要があると認めるときは、その必要の限度において、当該職員に当該銀行持株会社の子法人等若しくは当該銀行持株会社から業務の委託を受けた者の営業所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、当該銀行若しくは当該銀行持株会社に対する質問若しくは検査に必要な事項に関し質問させ、又は帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-2 In entering a facility, conducting questioning or inspection at a bank pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1), or entering a facility, conducting questioning, or inspection at the bank holding company that has the bank as its subsidiary company pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary, the Prime Minister may, to the extent necessary, have relevant officials enter the business office or other facilities of a subsidiary corporation, etc. of the bank holding company or the business office or other facilities of the person that a bank holding company has entrusted with its services, have those officials ask questions about any particulars that are required in relation to the questioning or inspection of the bank or the bank holding company, and have them inspect its books, documents, and any other objects. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の場合において、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-52-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, the officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。 art-52-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-4 The authority under paragraph (1) or (2) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前条第三項の規定は、第二項の規定による銀行持株会社の子法人等又は当該銀行持株会社から業務の委託を受けた者に対する質問及び検査について準用する。 art-52-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the questioning and inspection pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the subsidiary corporation, etc. of a bank holding company or of the person that a bank holding company has entrusted with its services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-32/par-2: 第二十五条第一項 → 銀行法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-25/par-1 - art-52-32/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第一項 (Article 52-32, paragraph (1)), art-52-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-1 - art-52-32/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第一項 (Article 52-32, paragraph (1)), art-52-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-1 - art-52-32/par-3: 前二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第二項 (Article 52-32, paragraph (2)), art-52-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-2 - art-52-32/par-4: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第一項 (Article 52-32, paragraph (1)), art-52-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-1 - art-52-32/par-4: 第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第二項 (Article 52-32, paragraph (2)), art-52-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-2 - art-52-32/par-5: 前条第三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十一第三項 (Article 52-31, paragraph (3)), art-52-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-31/par-3 - art-52-32/par-5: 第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第二項 (Article 52-32, paragraph (2)), art-52-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十一第二項（銀行持株会社等による報告又は資料の提出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-31/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第二項（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第三項（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-3 - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第四項（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-4 - 銀行法 第五十二条の三十二第五項（銀行持株会社等に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-32/par-5 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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