Repairs to the dilapidated building do not appear to have been carried out, however, and in 1704 a report was drawn up for the government, noting that the Stannary laws could not be enforced without a working prison.
But if no chemical weapons end up getting used, because using them would shatter all of this pretending, then we get our international norm enforced without a shot being fired.
He also promises that the law will be enforced "without exception" should any wrongdoing be proven.Nevertheless, the prime minister has seemed to be on borrowed time ever since the election in 2013 when UMNO, which has ruled Malaysia for almost 60 years, was very nearly thrown out of power.
The city is relying on the fear of fines to make bar owners and their employees turn themselves into the enforcers of a law that could not otherwise be enforced without expensive cigarette police.
If any wrongdoing is proved, he said, "the law will be enforced without exception".
"The one good thing is that there's a clear political signal about the governments' commitment to budgetary discipline even if it's going to be hard to enforce without a full EU treaty behind it.
But will it be enforced without legislation?
Officials say the plan works because transparent rules are enforced without favoritism.
As a result, it said, the anti-doping code "must be enforced without compromise".
