What do I do if a manufacturer’s warranty on an item states, for example, 1 year, and the merchant tries to give me a 3-month warranty instead?

Under the Act, the manufacturer’s warranty supercedes. Section 37 (4) of the Act states that where a representation on an article offered for sale is made by a person outside of Jamaica, the representation shall be deemed to be made by the person who imported the article. Therefore if a manufacturer makes a representation in the warranty on an article, it becomes the importer’s duty to honour the manufacturer’s warranty.