SUMMARY TRIBUNAL OF SHIBIN EL KOM. 1 AUGUST 1917. MM. Abdel Fattah El Sayed Effendi (J.); Ahmad Muhammad Hassan Effendi (State Rep.). MUBARKA ABDEL MONEM v. AHMAD ABDEL MONEM. Extinctive prescription—Civil action—Prescription of the public action—Effect. (Art. 208 C.C.—Art. 282 C.Cr.Pr.) As regards prescription, an action in damages founded on the commission of an offence is subject to the rules of civil law. Such action, however, cannot be brought before the penal courts after the public action has been barred by prescription. Cf. Cass., 9 Nov. 1901 (O.B. III, No. 79); Cass., 9 Feb. 1907 (O.B. VIII, No. 74); Trib. Tanta, 15 May 1917 (O.B. XVIII, No. 95).