§ 17 Social Act (SG) - Duty to Cooperate

**1. Applicants and recipients of benefits, as well as their legal or authorized representatives, are obligated to:**

a) actively participate in the proceedings, particularly by providing all necessary information truthfully and completely about the relevant circumstances, and to substantiate them as much as possible;

b) grant access to written documents;

c) authorize authorities and institutions, as necessary, to provide information;

d) comply with conditions and instructions;

dbis) provide personal contributions in accordance with their reasonable economic capacity;

e) use allocated benefits for their intended purpose;

f) immediately report any changes that have occurred.

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