# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の四十六 (Article 52-46)

- 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: 第五十二条の四十六 (Article 52-46)（特定銀行代理業者の休日及び営業時間） — address `art-52-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五十二条の四十六（特定銀行代理業者の休日及び営業時間） — (Non-Business Days and Business Hours of Specified Bank Agents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-46</sup>

  **第一項**  特定銀行代理業者（特定銀行代理行為（内閣府令で定める預金の受入れを内容とする契約の締結の代理をいう。次条第一項において同じ。）を行う銀行代理業者をいう。次項及び同条において同じ。）の休日は、日曜日その他政令で定める日に限る。
  <sup>art-52-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-46/par-1</sup>
  The non-business days of a specified bank agent (meaning a bank agent that conducts specified activities as a bank agent (to act as an agent in concluding contracts that concern the acceptance of deposits, as specified by Cabinet Office Order; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article); the same applies in the following paragraph and that Article) are limited to Sundays and the other days specified by Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  特定銀行代理業者の営業時間は、金融取引の状況等を勘案して内閣府令で定める。
  <sup>art-52-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-46/par-2</sup>
  The business hours of a specified bank agent are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the status of financial transactions.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52-46/par-1: 次条第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の四十七第一項 (Article 52-47, paragraph (1)), art-52-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-47/par-1
- art-52-46/par-1: 次項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の四十六第二項 (Article 52-46, paragraph (2)), art-52-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-46/par-2
- art-52-46/par-1: 同条 → 銀行法 第五十二条の四十七 (Article 52-47), art-52-47 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-47

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 第五十二条の四十六第一項（特定銀行代理業者の休日及び営業時間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-46/par-1
- 銀行法 第五十二条の六十の二第二項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-60-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-60-2/par-2
- 銀行法 附則第二条第二項（銀行法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-2/par-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
