# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2)

- 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: 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2) — address `art-61-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第六十一条の二
<sup>art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-61-2</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる違反があつた場合においては、その違反行為をした者は、二年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-61-2/par-1</sup>
If the following violations are committed, the person that has committed the act of violation is subject to punishment by imprisonment for not more than two years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第五十二条の十七第一項の規定による内閣総理大臣の認可を受けないで、同項各号に掲げる取引若しくは行為により銀行を子会社とする持株会社になつたとき又は銀行を子会社とする持株会社を設立したとき。
  <sup>art-61-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-61-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-61-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person becomes a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company through a transaction or action set forth in one of the items of Article 52-17, paragraph (1) or incorporates a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary, without obtaining the authorization by the Prime Minister under that paragraph;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第五十二条の十七第三項の規定に違反して同項に規定する猶予期限日を超えて銀行を子会社とする持株会社であつたとき。
  <sup>art-61-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-61-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-61-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person remains to be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company after the last day of the grace period provided for in Article 52-17, paragraph (3) in violation of the provisions of that paragraph; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第五十二条の十七第五項の規定による命令に違反して銀行を子会社とする持株会社であつたとき又は第五十二条の三十四第二項の規定に違反して同項に規定する内閣総理大臣が指定する期間を超えて銀行を子会社とする持株会社であつたとき。
  <sup>art-61-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-61-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-61-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person remains to be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company in violation of the order under the provisions of Article 52-17, paragraph (5), or remains to be a holding company that has a bank as its subsidiary company even after the end of the period designated by the Prime Minister that is prescribed in Article 52-34, paragraph (2), in violation of the provisions of that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-61-2/par-1/item-1: 第五十二条の十七第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十七第一項 (Article 52-17, paragraph (1)), art-52-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-17/par-1
- art-61-2/par-1/item-2: 第五十二条の十七第三項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十七第三項 (Article 52-17, paragraph (3)), art-52-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-17/par-3
- art-61-2/par-1/item-3: 第五十二条の十七第五項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の十七第五項 (Article 52-17, paragraph (5)), art-52-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-17/par-5
- art-61-2/par-1/item-3: 第五十二条の三十四第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の三十四第二項 (Article 52-34, paragraph (2)), art-52-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-34/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 銀行法 第六十四条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-64/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-64/par-1/item-4

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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