licences until their 17th birthday in yesterday's Juvenile Court session.

One boy will return to court on May 31 to allow his legal guardians to be at his sentencing.

He told the court he had not told his grandparents and had told his high school's secretary yesterday morning that he needed to leave school to attend court.

He admitted speeding at 63 kilometres-per-hour on an auxiliary cycle while underage at 9.34 p.m. on April 15.

Prosecutor Eunice Lambert said he was stopped after passing through a radar check on North Shore Road near Crawl Hill.

A cousin told the court: "He's like my little brother. I would not want him in trouble. He come to me about it and I'm here.

"When he told me I smacked him upside his head. He's never been in trouble,'' the man added.

A 16-year-old girl was banned from riding for just under a year after she admitted riding a cycle on April 15 -- only three days before her birthday.

Her lawyer Trevor Moniz called her actions "very foolish'' and a "lapse of judgment''.

Police stopped the girl to warn her about erratic riding.

Commenting on how close the offence was to the girl's birthday, Mr. Greaves said: "As for the ban, it's the same policy for everyone. One cent short of a dollar is still short.'' And a Pembroke boy was fined $280 after he admitted underage riding on April 16.

He was fined $100 for giving a false name and $180 for not having third party insurance.

He was also banned from riding until his 17th birthday.

Mr. Greaves told the boy's mother: "This is so that he pays the penalty. He will be working this summer. If a man is old enough to break the law, he is old enough to pay the penalty.''