# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の五十七 (Article 52-57) - 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: 第五十二条の五十七 (Article 52-57)（許可の失効） — address `art-52-57` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-57 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-57 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十二条の五十七（許可の失効） — (Expiration of License) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-57 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-57 **第一項** 銀行代理業者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第五十二条の三十六第一項の許可は、効力を失う。 art-52-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-57/par-1 If a bank agent falls under any of the following items, the license referred to in Article 52-36, paragraph (1) ceases to be effective: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五十二条の五十二各号のいずれかに該当することとなつたとき。 art-52-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-57/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-57/par-1/item-1 the bank agent comes to fall under any of the items of Article 52-52; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 所属銀行がなくなつたとき。 art-52-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-57/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-57/par-1/item-2 the bank agent no longer has a principal bank; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該許可を受けた日から六月以内に銀行代理業を開始しなかつたとき（やむを得ない理由がある場合において、あらかじめ内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたときを除く。）。 art-52-57/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-57/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-57/par-1/item-3 the bank agent fails to commence bank agency services within six months from the day on which it obtained the license (unless there are compelling reasons and the bank agent has obtained the approval of the Prime Minister in advance). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-57/par-1: 第五十二条の三十六第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十六第一項 (Article 52-36, paragraph (1)), art-52-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-36/par-1 - art-52-57/par-1/item-1: 第五十二条の五十二 → 銀行法 第五十二条の五十二 (Article 52-52), art-52-52 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-52 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十六条第一項第十二号（内閣総理大臣の告示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-56/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-56/par-1/item-12 --- ## 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