The Mint in Southwark Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 28) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. 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.
Subsequent developments The act was substantially repealed by sections 1 and 2 of the Capital Punishment Act 1820 (1 Geo. 4. c. 116).
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).
See also Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696 The Marshalsea debtors' prison
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References '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