Intending to safeguard national property, the National Property Bureau had conducted a full-scale audit to recover unused space, but instead created a situation where public sector organizations lost no time in a rush to raze houses. The provisions were thus termed by cultural observers the "death clause" for Japanese houses.
國有財產局基於維護國家財產的動機，全面清查收回閒置空間，卻反倒造成各公家單位趕著「拆房子」，這項條款因此也被文化學者們稱為日式宿舍的「大限條款」。