# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（認可等の条件） — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条（認可等の条件） — (Conditions for Authorization) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、この法律の規定による認可、承認又は認定（次項において「認可等」という。）に条件を付し、及びこれを変更することができる。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54/par-1 The Prime Minister may attach conditions to an authorization, approval, or certification under the provisions of this Act (referred to as "authorization, etc." in the following paragraph) or change those conditions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の条件は、認可等の趣旨に照らして、又は認可等に係る事項の確実な実施を図るため必要最小限のものでなければならない。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54/par-2 The conditions referred to in the preceding paragraph must be minimum conditions required, in light of the purpose of the authorization, etc., or for ensuring reliable implementation of the particulars related to the authorization, etc.. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-1: 次項 → 銀行法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54/par-2 - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 第五十二条の十三第一項（銀行主要株主に対する措置命令） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-13/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十四条第一項（認可等の条件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54/par-1 - 銀行法 第五十四条第二項（認可等の条件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-54/par-2 - 銀行法 第六十三条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-63/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-63/par-1/item-10 - 銀行法 第六十五条第一項第二十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-65/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-65/par-1/item-20 --- ## 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