The Mint in Southwark Act 1722

The Mint in Southwark Act 1722

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for the more effectual Execution of Justice in a pretended privileged Place, in the Parish of St. George, in the County of Surrey, commonly called The Mint; and for bringing to speedy and exemplary Justice such Offenders as are therein mentioned; and for giving Relief to such Persons as are proper Objects of Charity and Compassion there.
Citation	9 Geo. 1. c. 28
Dates
Royal assent	27 May 1723
Repealed	5 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed

The Mint in Southwark Act 1722 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (9 Geo. 1. c. 28). It was passed to remove certain legal privileges of The Mint, a location in Southwark which had become the haunt of debtors, and to allow the Sheriff of Surrey to enter and remove them.

It was repealed by sections 1 and 2 of the Capital Punishment Act 1820 (1 Geo. 4. c. 116) and by the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

• Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696
• The Marshalsea debtors' prison

• 'Book 1, Ch. 19: George I', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 306–25. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46736. Date accessed: 20 November 2006.
• The text of the act