Article 107 of Code of Civil Procedure

An application for recusal must be submitted before any plea or defence in the case; otherwise, the right thereto shall lapse. Nevertheless, recusal may be sought if its grounds arise thereafter, or if the applicant for recusal proves that he was unaware of them. In all cases, a litigant's right to seek recusal shall lapse if it is not formally lodged before the close of pleadings on the first application for recusal submitted in the action, where he has been notified of the hearing scheduled to consider it and the grounds for recusal existed and were known to him up to the close of pleadings. An application to recuse the same judge in the action may not be repeated. )3(