Current GIO director Cheng Chien-jen was instrumental in promoting the decision to scrap this law. Though the law had in fact rarely been implemented for many years, it still hung like a shadow over the industry.
「第一個掀鍋蓋的人應該得到掌聲」，柏楊說，雖然出版法多年以來並未肆虐，終究是個隱憂，所以這次新聞局局長程建人能毅然提議廢除，出版界的人都叫好。