(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive or document containing any threat to take the life of or to inflict bodily harm upon the Governor of the State of Alabama, the Governor-elect, the Lieutenant Governor or other officer next in order of succession to the Office of Governor of the State of Alabama, or the Lieutenant Governor-elect or the Attorney General and the Attorney General-elect or protectee of the Department of Public Safety, or knowingly and willfully either telephonically or otherwise makes any such threat against the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of Governor, or the Lieutenant Governor-elect or the Attorney General and the Attorney General-elect or protectee of the Department of Public Safety, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b) Any of the offenses in subsection (a) of this section may be deemed to have been committed at either the place at which a letter, paper, writing, print, missive or document was deposited for conveyance or at the place where the same was received if either of said places is within this state; or at the place at which the telephone call or calls were made, or at the place where the telephone call or calls were received if either of said places be within this state.