# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十二条の八 (Article 52-8) - 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: 第五十二条の八 (Article 52-8)（銀行議決権大量保有者に対する立入検査） — address `art-52-8` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条の八（銀行議決権大量保有者に対する立入検査） — (On-Site Inspection of Major Holder of Voting Rights in a Bank) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、提出書類のうちに重要な事項について虚偽の記載があり、又は記載すべき事項のうち重要なもの若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な重要な事実の記載が欠けている疑いがあると認めるときは、当該職員に当該提出書類を提出した銀行議決権大量保有者の事務所その他の施設に立ち入らせ、当該提出書類に記載すべき事項若しくは誤解を生じさせないために必要な事実に関し質問させ、又は当該銀行議決権大量保有者の帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-52-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-1 If the Prime suspects that a document contains a false statement about a material particular, lacks a statement on a material particular that is required to be stated or on an important fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, the Prime Minister may have relevant officials enter the office or other facilities of the major holder of voting rights in the bank that submitted the document, and have those officials ask questions about a particular that is required to be stated in that document or about a fact that is necessary for avoiding misunderstanding, or have them inspect books, documents, and any other articles of the major holder of voting rights in the bank. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-52-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant officials must carry an identification card, and must present it if a person concerned requests them to do so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。 art-52-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-3 The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52-8/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の八第一項 (Article 52-8, paragraph (1)), art-52-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-1 - art-52-8/par-3: 第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の八第一項 (Article 52-8, paragraph (1)), art-52-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の八第二項（銀行議決権大量保有者に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-2 - 銀行法 第五十二条の八第三項（銀行議決権大量保有者に対する立入検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-8/par-3 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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