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The referees may be challenged for the causes specified in subdivisions (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) of § 207 of the Code of Civil Procedure.\nThe challenge shall be made before them.\nIf they do not yield to the challenge, the challenging party may renew the challenge before the judge of the part of the court in which the challenged referee, or any of them, if there be more than one, resides.\nWhile the challenging incident is discussed before the judge of the court, the hearing on arbitration shall be suspended, and it shall be continued immediately after the court has delivered an executory pronouncement on the said challenge incident.\nHistory —May 8, 1951, No. 376, p. 896, § 10, eff. 90 days after May 8, 1951.