# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（資本の額に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3561-59/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三条（資本の額に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures on Amount of Capital)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  新法第五条第一項の規定は、前条の規定により新法第四条第一項の大蔵大臣の免許を受けたものとみなされる銀行（以下「旧法の免許を受けた銀行」という。）で、この法律の施行の際現にその資本の額が新法第五条第一項の規定に基づく政令で定める額を下回つているものについては、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）から起算して五年を経過する日までの間は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply until the last day of the five-year period that runs from the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date") for a bank that is deemed, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, to have obtained the license of the Minister of Finance referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "bank licensed under the former Act"), whose amount of capital at the time this Act comes into effect is less than the amount that is specified by Cabinet Order based on the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the new Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1: 新法第五条第一項 → 銀行法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-5/par-1
- suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 銀行法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-3561-59/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-2
- suppl-3561-59/art-3/par-1: 新法第四条第一項 → 銀行法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-4/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
