Halakhah for Shevuot 54:5
ור"י בן בתירא אמר לך אטו הטבת אחרים לאו אע"ג דליתא בכלל הרעת אחרים ורבי רחמנא הכא נמי בקיום מצוה אע"ג דליתיה בביטול מצוה רבייה רחמנא
I SWEAR I SHALL NOT EAT IT,' AND HE ATE IT, HE IS LIABLE ONLY ONCE, etc. Why is this further [oath] necessary? - This he teaches us: that there is no liability, but the oath remains, so that if room is found, it takes effect. For what practical purpose? - For that which Raba said, for Raba said: If he obtained absolution from the first, the second takes effect in its place. <br>
Sefer HaChinukh
And [it] is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females. And one who transgresses it and swears that a pillar of marble is of gold; or of gold that it is of gold; or to negate this commandment; or to do something that is not in the power of a man to do it is lashed, when volitional. And even though there is no act, the Torah made him liable for lashes due to the severity of the matter (Shevuot 27b). And he is exempted from a sacrifice for this, when inadvertent. But with a false oath - and that is what is called an oath of expression - the Torah obligated a sacrifice for inadvertence, as we shall write (Sefer HaChinukh 123) with God's help.
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