Dinpaye Limited processes and packages portable water for local consumption. The factory is situated in a valley in a first-class residential area of the city. A major road used by most residents runs in front of the factory. Often, this road is flooded with spill-over of water from the factory, thus hindering vehicular and pedestrian movement. Management of the company on such occasions uses the services of a contractor to pump out the water from the road. This situation contravenes the provisions of the Factories, Offices and Shops Act 1970, Act 328. Dinpaye Limited has engaged Eagle-Lion & Associates as the auditors. In their preliminary tour of the factory the senior partners became aware of the flooding situation in the area. Back in the office the senior

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partners consulted ISA 250 Consideration of laws and regulations in an audit of financial statements for guidance on the auditors responsibility to consider laws and regulations in an audit of financial statements before carrying out the audit assignment.

Required:

(i) State examples of the possible type of information that might have come to the auditors attention that might indicate non-compliance with the Factories, Offices and Shops Act. (5 marks)

(ii) What the auditors should consider when evaluating the possible effect on the financial statements for non-compliance with the law according to ISA 250. (2 marks)

(B) CashPut & Co., an audit and assurance firm, has been engaged as auditors for the BfT Bank Ltd, a public limited liability company for some time now. BfT Bank has sixty branches throughout the country and branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. The Bank is one of the Banks in the country which can boast of large landed properties. CashPut & Co. receives about 20% of its income from this particular client. Before last years audit, the bank engaged the audit firm to value its Land and Buildings in all its branches and headquarters. This work was executed by the audit firm and a report has been issued to management. The report has been incorporated in this years financial statements to be audited soon. CashPut & Co. sees BfT Bank Ltd. as a very important client whose works are always executed with dispatch.

Required:

(i) Identify and evaluate the significance of any threats to the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants raised in the case. (4 marks)

(ii) Recommend safeguards to eliminate the threats (mentioned in (i) above) or reduce them to an acceptable level. (4 marks)