# 銀行法 / Banking Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-5031-46/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-5031-46/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-5031-46/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-5031-46/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-5031-46/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現にされている旧銀行法第十六条の二第七項の規定による認可の申請は、従属業務（新銀行法第十六条の二第二項第一号に規定する従属業務をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を営む会社に係るもの以外のものにあっては新銀行法第十六条の二第四項の規定によりした認可の申請と、従属業務を営む会社に係るものにあっては新銀行法第五十三条第一項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定によりした届出とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1</sup>
An application for authorization under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (7) of the former Banking Act that is actually filed at the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to be an application for authorization filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (4) of the new Banking Act, if it is other than one pertaining to a company engaged in dependent services (meaning dependent services prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the new Banking Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), and a notification filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 53, paragraph (1) of the new Banking Act (limited to the portion pertaining to item (ii)), if it pertains to a company engaged in dependent services.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1: 新銀行法第十六条の二第二項第一号 → 銀行法 第十六条の二第二項第一号 (Article 16-2, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-16-2/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-16-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16-2/par-2/item-1
- suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1: この条 → 銀行法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5031-46/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-5031-46/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-5031-46/art-4
- suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1: 新銀行法第十六条の二第四項 → 銀行法 第十六条の二第四項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (4)), art-16-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-16-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-16-2/par-4
- suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1: 新銀行法第五十三条第一項 → 銀行法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-53/par-1
- suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1: 第二号 → 銀行法 第五十三条第一項第二号 (Article 53, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-53/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/art-53/par-1/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 銀行法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/banking-act/suppl-5031-46/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356AC0000000059/suppl-5031-46/art-4/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch banking-act-20261012T020531-008, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 189 — 銀行法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11
