# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)

- 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: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（廃業等の公告等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3561-59/art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-15
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### 第十五条（廃業等の公告等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Public Notice of Business Discontinuation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  新法第三十八条の規定は、施行日以後に新法第三十七条第一項の規定による認可を受けた場合について適用し、施行日前に旧法第二十五条の規定による認可を受けた場合については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-15/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 38 of the new Act apply if the authorization under the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (1) of the new Act is granted on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern when the authorization under the provisions of Article 25 of the former Act is granted before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3561-59/art-15/par-1: 新法第三十八条 → 銀行法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-38
- suppl-3561-59/art-15/par-1: 新法第三十七条第一項 → 銀行法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-37/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 附則第二十七条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-27/par-1

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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
