# 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)（銀行の株主に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-117/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第三条（銀行の株主に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures on Banks' Shareholders)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-117/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に存する銀行の株式の所有者に対する新銀行法第七章の二の規定（第三節の規定を除く。）の適用については、当該株式の所有者は、施行日において新銀行法第五十二条の九第一項各号に掲げる取引又は行為以外の事由により当該銀行の株式の所有者になったものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-1</sup>
In applying the provisions of Chapter VII-2 (excluding Section 3) of the new Banking Act to holders of shares in a bank that exist at the time this Act comes into effect, the holders of shares are deemed to have become those holders on the effective date due to grounds other than a transaction or action set forth in any of the items of Article 52-9, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧銀行法第十六条の二第四項又は第五項ただし書の認可を受けて他の銀行を子会社としている銀行は、当該他の銀行の株式の所有につき、施行日に新銀行法第五十二条の九第二項ただし書の認可を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-2</sup>
A bank that has another bank as its subsidiary company at the time this Act comes into effect by obtaining the authorization referred to in Article 16-2, paragraph (4) or the proviso to Article 16-2, paragraph (5) of the former Banking Act is deemed to have obtained the authorization referred to in the proviso to Article 52-9, paragraph (2) of the new Banking Act on the effective date for holding the shares of the other bank.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-1: 新銀行法第五十二条の九第一項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第一項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (1)), art-52-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-1
- suppl-4131-117/art-3/par-2: 新銀行法第五十二条の九第二項 → 銀行法 第五十二条の九第二項 (Article 52-9, paragraph (2)), art-52-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-9/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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
