In 1952, the Taiwan Provincial Government promulgated its own set of regulations governing street vendors, establishing principles for their licensing and management: vendors were limited to market areas designated by city and county governments; new markets could only be constructed when old markets lacked sufficient space for all the vendors; and police departments were assigned to handle vendor permitting.
光復初期沒有太大改變，一直到民國 41 年，台灣省政府頒布《台灣省各縣市攤販營業管理規則》，確立攤販管理原則和證照制度，包括：攤販應由縣市政府「指定市場用地儘量容納」；場地不敷所需時，才另行規劃「攤販營業區販賣場」；以及為攤販建立證照，並責成警察局發放許可證等。