(1) Whosoever, by force or threat of serious harm, unlawfully coerces

1.  the President of the Federation; or

2.  a member

(a)  of a legislative body of the Federation or a member state;

(b)  of the Federal Assembly; or

(c)  of the government or the constitutional court of the Federation or a member state

not to exercise their functions or to exercise them in a particular manner, shall be liable to imprisonment from three months to five years.

(2) The attempt shall be punishable.

(3) In especially serious cases the penalty shall be imprisonment from one to ten years.