mswkt = '''GEOGCS["Bekaa Valley 1920",DATUM["Bekaa_Valley_1920",SPHEROID["Clarke 1880 (RGS)",6378249.145,293.465],TOWGS84[-183,-15,273,0,0,0,0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6882"]]'''
m = mapObj('')
m.setWKTProjection(mswkt)
lyr = layerObj(m)
lyr.setWKTProjection(mswkt)