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On February 14, 2008, D commits offense X, which has a prescriptive period of ten years. On May 20, 2015, the People file an information with the Regional Trial Court. On June 30, 2015, the case is dismissed for lack of probable cause, without prejudice to refiling the same offense. On January 5, 2017, the People file a new information for the same offense.   (a)State the controlling doctrine on the effect of the institution of the criminal action on the prescriptive period. (b)Has the prescriptive period for the offense prescribed as of December 31, 2022? Show your computation.