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(6) In this section "company" and

"subsidiary" have the meanings respectively

assigned thereto by sections 2 and 126 of the

Companies Ordinance.

Implied or constructive termination of contract. 1965 c. 62, s. 22.

20M. (1) Where in accordance with any

enactment or rule of law

(a)

any act on the part of the employer; or

(b) any event affecting an employer

(including, in the case of an

individual, his death),

operates so as to terminate a contract under

which an employee is employed by him, that act

or event shall for the purposes of this Part

be treated as a termination of the contract by

the employer, if apart from this subsection it

would not constitute a termination of the

contract by him.

(2) Where subsection (1) applies, and

the employee's contract of employment is not

renewed, and he is not re-engaged under a new

contract, as mentioned in subsection (2) of

section 203, he shall for the purposes of this

Part be taken to be dismissed by reason of

redundancy if the circumstances in which the