# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（臨時休業等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3561-59/art-8`
- 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-8
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### 第八条（臨時休業等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures on Temporary Suspension of Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  新法第十六条の規定は、施行日以後に銀行がその営業所又は代理店において臨時にその業務の全部又は一部を休止する場合について適用し、施行日前に旧法の免許を受けた銀行が臨時に休業し、又は預金の払戻しを停止した場合については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3561-59/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-3561-59/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-3561-59/art-8/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 16 of the new Act apply when a bank temporarily suspends all or part of its services at its business office or agency on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern when a bank licensed under the former Act temporarily suspends its services or suspends the repayment of deposits, before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3561-59/art-8/par-1: 新法第十六条 → 銀行法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16

## 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
