# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の五十八 (Article 52-58)

- 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: 第五十二条の五十八 (Article 52-58)（銀行代理業者に対する指導等） — address `art-52-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第五十二条の五十八（銀行代理業者に対する指導等） — (Guidance to Bank Agents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-52-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-58</sup>

  **第一項**  所属銀行は、銀行代理業者が営む銀行代理業に関し、内閣府令で定めるところにより、銀行代理業に係る業務の指導その他の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するための措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-52-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-58/par-1</sup>
  Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a principal bank must give guidance on the services involved in bank agency services that its bank agent performs and take other measures to ensure sound and appropriate management of those services.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  銀行代理業再委託者（銀行代理業を再委託する銀行代理業者をいう。以下同じ。）は、銀行代理業再受託者（銀行代理業再委託者の再委託を受けて銀行代理業を営む銀行代理業者をいう。以下同じ。）が営む銀行代理業に関し、内閣府令で定めるところにより、銀行代理業に係る業務の指導その他の健全かつ適切な運営を確保するための措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-52-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-58/par-2</sup>
  Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, a principal bank agent (meaning a bank agent that further entrusts another bank agent with bank agency services; the same applies hereinafter) must give guidance on the services involved in bank agency services that the secondary bank agent (meaning a bank agent that carries out bank agency services on re-entrustment from a principal bank agent; the same applies hereinafter) performs, and take other measures to ensure sound and appropriate management of those services.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 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
