# 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
- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-4171-106/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
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### 第八条
<sup>suppl-4171-106/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  新銀行法第二十条、第五十二条の二十八及び第五十二条の二十九（これらの規定を新長期信用銀行法第十七条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、銀行若しくは長期信用銀行又は銀行持株会社（新銀行法第二条第十三項に規定する銀行持株会社をいう。以下この項及び次条第三項において同じ。）若しくは長期信用銀行持株会社（新長期信用銀行法第十六条の四第一項に規定する長期信用銀行持株会社をいう。以下この項及び次条第三項において同じ。）の施行日以後に開始する営業年度に係るこれらの規定に規定する書類について適用し、銀行若しくは長期信用銀行又は銀行持株会社若しくは長期信用銀行持株会社の施行日前に開始した営業年度に係るこれらの書類については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 20, Article 52-28, and Article 52-29 of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act) apply to documents prescribed in those provisions for the business year of a bank, long-term credit bank, bank holding company (meaning a bank holding company as defined in Article 2, paragraph (13) of the new Banking Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (3) of the following Article), or long-term credit bank holding company (meaning a long-term credit bank holding company as defined in Article 16-4, paragraph (1) of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (3) of the following Article) which starts on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern those documents for the business year of a bank, long-term credit bank, bank holding company or long-term credit bank holding company, which starts before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  新銀行法第二十一条第一項及び第二項（新長期信用銀行法第十七条、新信用金庫法第八十九条第一項、新労働金庫法第九十四条第一項及び新協金法第六条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日以後に開始する銀行等の営業年度又は事業年度に係るこれらの規定に規定する書類について適用し、施行日前に開始した銀行等の営業年度又は事業年度に係るこれらの書類については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 21, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act, Article 89, paragraph (1) of the new Shinkin Bank Act, Article 94, paragraph (1) of the new Labor Bank Act, and Article 6, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Financial Services by Cooperatives) apply to documents referred to in those provisions for the business year of a bank, etc. which starts on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern those documents for the business year of a bank, etc. which starts before the effective date.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1: 新銀行法第二十条 → 銀行法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-20
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1: 第五十二条の二十八 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十八 (Article 52-28), art-52-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-28
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1: 第五十二条の二十九 → 銀行法 第五十二条の二十九 (Article 52-29), art-52-29 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-52-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-52-29
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1: 新銀行法第二条第十三項 → 銀行法 第二条第十三項 (Article 2, paragraph (13)), art-2/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-2/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-2/par-13
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1: この項 → 銀行法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1: 次条第三項 → 銀行法 附則第九条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (3)), suppl-4171-106/art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-9/par-3
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-2: 新銀行法第二十一条第一項 → 銀行法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-21/par-1
- suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-2: 第二項 → 銀行法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-21/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 銀行法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-7/par-1
- 銀行法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-4171-106/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-4171-106/art-8/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
