# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の六十四 (Article 52-64) - 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: 第五十二条の六十四 (Article 52-64)（秘密保持義務等） — address `art-52-64` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-64 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の六十四（秘密保持義務等） — (Duty of Confidentiality) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-64 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-64 **第一項** 指定紛争解決機関の紛争解決委員（第五十二条の七十三第二項の規定により選任された紛争解決委員をいう。次項、次条第二項並びに第五十二条の六十七第二項及び第四項において同じ。）若しくは役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、紛争解決等業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は自己の利益のために使用してはならない。 art-52-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-64/par-1 It is prohibited for a dispute resolution mediator (meaning a dispute resolution mediator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 52-73, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph, paragraph (2) of the following Article, and Article 52-67, paragraphs (2) and (4)), the officer or employee of a designated dispute resolution organization, or a person that has held one of those positions, to divulge or use for personal benefit any confidential information learned concerning dispute resolution services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定紛争解決機関の紛争解決委員又は役員若しくは職員で紛争解決等業務に従事する者は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。 art-52-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-64/par-2 In applying the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) and other penal provisions, a dispute resolution mediator, officer, or employee of a designated dispute resolution organization who is engaged in dispute resolution services is deemed to be an official engaged in public services pursuant to laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-64/par-1: 第五十二条の七十三第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の七十三第二項 (Article 52-73, paragraph (2)), art-52-73/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-73/par-2 - art-52-64/par-1: 次項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十四第二項 (Article 52-64, paragraph (2)), art-52-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-64/par-2 - art-52-64/par-1: 次条第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十五第二項 (Article 52-65, paragraph (2)), art-52-65/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-65/par-2 - art-52-64/par-1: 第五十二条の六十七第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十七第二項 (Article 52-67, paragraph (2)), art-52-67/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-67/par-2 - art-52-64/par-1: 第四項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の六十七第四項 (Article 52-67, paragraph (4)), art-52-67/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-67/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 資金決済に関する法律 第百一条第一項（指定紛争解決機関に関する銀行法の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/payment-services-act/art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-101/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十二条の六十四第一項（秘密保持義務等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-64/par-1 - 銀行法 第六十三条の二第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63-2/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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