Pending proceedings to be governed by former law.
Section 523
SEC. 523. Pending proceedings to be governed by former law. — All proceedings in bankruptcy now pending in courts of the Philippine Islands shall proceed to their regular termination in accordance with the procedure and law in force in the Islands on the thirteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, notwithstanding anything in this Code provided; but civil actions incident to bankruptcy proceedings shall be governed by the provisions of this Code, and no challenge of the competency of a judge shall be entertained or allowed in such actions or proceedings.