# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の三十三 (Article 52-33)

- 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: 第五十二条の三十三 (Article 52-33)（銀行持株会社に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — address `art-52-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五十二条の三十三（銀行持株会社に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — (Requesting Bank Holding Companies to Submit an Improvement Plan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33</sup>

    **第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、銀行持株会社の業務又は銀行持株会社及びその子会社等の財産の状況に照らして、当該銀行持株会社の子会社である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、当該銀行持株会社に対し、措置を講ずべき事項及び期限を示して、当該銀行の経営の健全性を確保するための改善計画の提出を求め、若しくは提出された改善計画の変更を命じ、又はその必要の限度において監督上必要な措置を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-52-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-1</sup>
    If the Prime Minister finds it to be particularly necessary for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of services of a bank that is the subsidiary company of a bank holding company, in light of the status of business of the bank holding company or the status of property of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc., the Prime Minister may indicate to the bank holding company the particulars for which measures are required to be taken and the due date for taking them, request it to submit an improvement plan for ensuring soundness in bank management, or order it to change the improvement plan that has been submitted, or may order measures that are necessary for supervision to be taken, to the extent necessary.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定による命令（改善計画の提出を求めることを含む。次項において同じ。）であつて、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によつて必要があると認めるときにするものは、内閣府令・財務省令で定める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に係る区分に応じ内閣府令・財務省令で定めるものでなければならない。
    <sup>art-52-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-2</sup>
    An order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (including the request to submit an improvement plan; the same applies in the following paragraph) that is issued when it is found necessary to do so in light of adequacy in the equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc. must be an order specified by Cabinet Office Order or Ministry of Finance Order in accordance with the category of adequacy in the equity capital of the bank holding company and its subsidiary companies, etc., as specified by Cabinet Office Order or Ministry of Finance Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  内閣総理大臣は、銀行持株会社に対し第一項の規定による命令をした場合において、当該命令に係る措置の実施の状況に照らして特に必要があると認めるときは、当該銀行持株会社の子会社である銀行に対し、その業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するために必要な措置を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-52-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-3</sup>
    If the Prime Minister has issued the order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to a bank holding company, and finds it to be particularly necessary in light of the implementation status of the measures under that order, the Prime Minister may order a bank that is the subsidiary company of the bank holding company to take the necessary measures for ensuring the sound and appropriate management of its services.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-33/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十三第一項 (Article 52-33, paragraph (1)), art-52-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-1
- art-52-33/par-2: 次項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十三第三項 (Article 52-33, paragraph (3)), art-52-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-3
- art-52-33/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十三第一項 (Article 52-33, paragraph (1)), art-52-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 第五十二条の三十三第二項（銀行持株会社に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-2
- 銀行法 第五十二条の三十三第三項（銀行持株会社に対する改善計画の提出の求め等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-33/par-3
- 銀行法 第五十七条の六第一項第三号（財務大臣への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-57-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-57-6/par-1/item-3
- 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-10

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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
