# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（外国銀行支店に係る営業の免許に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-117/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（外国銀行支店に係る営業の免許に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures on Foreign Bank Branches' Business Licenses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-117/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に第一条の規定による改正前の銀行法（以下「旧銀行法」という。）第四十七条第一項の規定により旧銀行法第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許（以下この条において「旧免許」という。）を受けている外国銀行のうち、その受けている旧免許の数が一であるものについては、この法律の施行の際に第一条の規定による改正後の銀行法（以下「新銀行法」という。）第四十七条第一項の規定により新銀行法第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 A foreign bank that has obtained a license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act granted by the Prime Minister prior to amendment under Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Banking Act") (the license is referred to as an "old license" in this Article), pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (1) of the former Banking Act, at the time this Act comes into effect, for which the number of license obtained is one, is deemed to have obtained the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Banking Act amended under Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Banking Act") granted by the Prime Minister pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act, at the time this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により新銀行法第四十七条第一項の規定により新銀行法第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を受けたものとみなされる外国銀行以外の外国銀行は、この法律の施行前においても、当該外国銀行が受けている旧免許に係る外国銀行支店のうち一の外国銀行支店を新銀行法第四十七条第一項に規定する主たる外国銀行支店として定め、内閣府令で定めるところにより内閣総理大臣に届け出ることができる。 suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 A foreign bank other than the foreign bank that is deemed to have obtained the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act granted by the Prime Minister pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act pursuant to the preceding paragraph may file a notification with the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order even before this Act comes into effect, by designating one of the foreign bank branch offices for which an old license has been obtained as the principal foreign bank branch office prescribed in Article 47, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に前項の規定による届出をした外国銀行であって、この法律の施行の際現に旧免許を受けているものは、施行日において新銀行法第四十七条第一項の規定により新銀行法第四条第一項の内閣総理大臣の免許を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3 A foreign bank that files a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph before this Act comes into effect and that holds an old license at the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to have obtained the license referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act granted by the Prime Minister pursuant to Article 47, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act on the effective date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1: この条 → 銀行法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4131-117/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1: 第四十七条第一項 → 銀行法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-1 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1: 新銀行法第四条第一項 → 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 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2: 新銀行法第四十七条第一項 → 銀行法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-1 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2: 新銀行法第四条第一項 → 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 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3: 前項 → 銀行法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3: 新銀行法第四十七条第一項 → 銀行法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-47/par-1 - suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3: 新銀行法第四条第一項 → 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 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 銀行法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 銀行法 附則第二条第一項（外国銀行支店に係る営業の免許に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-1 - 銀行法 附則第二条第二項（外国銀行支店に係る営業の免許に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-2 - 銀行法 附則第二条第三項（外国銀行支店に係る営業の免許に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-2/par-3 - 銀行法 附則第十六条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-16/par-1 --- ## 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